Square Butte, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Geraldine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59446. It lies near Antelope Butte. The Survey maps it on the Square Butte quadrangle. 27 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,140 feet above sea level.
On record in Square Butte
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
- Square Butte Jaillisted 1998
- Square Butte Schoollisted 2013
- West Quincy Granite Quarrylisted 2000
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Square Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Square Butte between 1992 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | SQUAREBUTE |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | NO 7 |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Chouteau County | FDH-MTLG19-129 |
| 5 August 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 18 August 1992 | Natural | 15 acres | North Central Montana District | SQUARE TOP |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.7 acres | Judith Basin County | FDH-MTLG36-68 |
| 15 July 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Central Montana District | ELK RUB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Square Butte in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Square Butte | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Square Butte | - | A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Square Butte 1SW. Also, 1.75 inch diameter hail was reported at Winifred 12W and 2 inch diameter hail at Winifred 10W. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Square Butte | - | A thunderstorm dropped 2 inch diameter hail at Square Butte 1SW. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Square Butte | - | Heavy rain, measuring 0.70 inches in 20 minutes, was reported. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Square Butte | - | High wind gusts, measuring 56KT (64MPH), were reported. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Square Butte | - | Hail 1.00 inches (quarter sized) reported about 2 mi N of Square Butte, MT. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Square Butte | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 0.88 inch hail near Square Butte. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lonetree (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Geraldine | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Montague | 17.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shonkin | 21.3 miles | 13 | |
| Patterson (historical) | 21.5 miles | 13 | |
| Big Sag | 27.9 miles | 13 | |
| Iliad | 29.3 miles | 8 | |
| Hopp (historical) | 31.3 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Square Butte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15278995 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777101. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






