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Mud Butte, South Dakota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the North Meade unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 57758. The Survey maps it on the Mud Creek quadrangle. It stands 2,871 feet above sea level.

Mud Butte within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Mud Butte between 2003 and 2012, burning about 3,485 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2007Natural200 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 August 2007Natural500 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
19 August 2006Natural5.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
13 August 2003Power generation/transmission/distribution2,500 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionMILLER RANCH
15 July 2006Natural200 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named
5 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionVIRGINA
10 October 2007Equipment and vehicle use30 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire Suppressionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mud Butte in 63 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 44 thunderstorm wind, 18 hail, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2003HailMud Butte$10,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Mesonet measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet recorded wind gust.
August 2025HailMud Butte-Public submitted report.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet measure wind gust.
August 2025HailMud Butte-Sub severe hail report.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-SD Mesonet Station recorded the wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Half inch size hail was also reported.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
April 2009FloodMud Butte-The Belle Fourche River, Elk Creek, Antelope Creek, Sulphur Creek, and other smaller creeks and tributaries flooded basements, washed out roads, and damaged culverts.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-The combination of strong winds and large hail stripped siding off one side of a house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2024HailMud Butte-no account filed
June 2024HailMud Butte-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2023HailMud Butte-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2021HailMud Butte-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2020HailMud Butte-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
September 2019HailMud Butte-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2018HailMud Butte-no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
May 2013HailMud Butte-no account filed
September 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMud Butte-no account filed
July 2011HailMud Butte-no account filed
May 2009HailMud Butte-no account filed
June 2005HailMud Butte-no account filed
July 2005HailMud Butte-no account filed
June 2002HailMud Butte-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sulphur9.0 miles7
Cedar Canyon10.0 miles8
Maurine15.1 miles7
Fairpoint18.2 miles7
Fox Ridge18.7 miles6
Stoneville22.1 miles7
Opal23.9 miles7
Redowl27.3 miles7

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 Mud ButteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6931337The 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 1256574. 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.