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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Lemmon quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Beverly Creek quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Faith quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 500 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 13 August 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,500 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | MILLER RANCH |
| 15 July 2006 | Natural | 200 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 5 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | VIRGINA |
| 10 October 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 63 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Hail | Mud Butte | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Mesonet measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet recorded wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | Public submitted report. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet measure wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | Sub severe hail report. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | SD Mesonet Station recorded the wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated near 70 mph. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Half inch size hail was also reported. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Mud 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | The combination of strong winds and large hail stripped siding off one side of a house. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Mud Butte | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Cedar Canyon | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Maurine | 15.1 miles | 7 | |
| Fairpoint | 18.2 miles | 7 | |
| Fox Ridge | 18.7 miles | 6 | |
| Stoneville | 22.1 miles | 7 | |
| Opal | 23.9 miles | 7 | |
| Redowl | 27.3 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 Mud Butte | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6931337 | 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 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.



