Butte

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Butte

Total population

68

Median home value

$137,500

0%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Founded

1906

Elevation529 m

Land area0.66 km²

Weather66°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates47.84°, -100.67°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Butte is a city in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 70 at the 2020 census. Butte was founded in 1906.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Current forecast

Forecast for Butte, ND from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Nearby places in North Dakota

• Kief
  7.2 mi away
• Balfour
  10 mi away
• Bergen
  11.8 mi away
• Drake
  14.7 mi away · pop. 300
• Voltaire
  15 mi away
• Karlsruhe
  17.7 mi away
• Benedict
  19.4 mi away
• Velva
  19.7 mi away · pop. 1,083
• Anamoose
  19.9 mi away
• Mercer
  24 mi away · pop. 66
• Turtle Lake
  24.2 mi away · pop. 500
• Sawyer
  25 mi away · pop. 353

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Butte

Woodsia oregana on Sentinel Butte, North Dakota

Robert T. Clausen · 1953

Cultural resource inventory of Heart Butte Reservoir, Grant County, North Dakota

Heidi A. Plochman · 1982

Heart Butte Reservoir archeological excavations and reconnaissance, Grant County, North Dakota

Dennis L. Toom · 1999

The Square Buttes coal field, Oliver and Mercer Counties, North Dakota

William David Johnson · 1959

Sagebrush, buttes, and buffalo

Nancy Edmonds Hanson · 1987

Heart Butte Reservoir 2001-2002 archeological test excavations, Grant County, North Dakota

Michael A. Jackson · 2005

Heart Butte Reservoir 1998-2000 archeological investigations, Grant County, North Dakota

Michael A. Jackson · 2001

A preliminary survey of fossil leaves and well-preserved reproductive structures from the Sentinel Butte Formation (Paleocene) near Almont, North Dakota

Peter R. Crane · 1990

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 170 mi
• Wildfire Alice, Harding, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-26 · 192 mi
• Wildfire Ayers Pond, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-03 · 212 mi
• Incident Complex Rattlesnake Complex, Prairie, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 218 mi
• Wildfire Snow, Custer, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-02 · 232 mi
• Wildfire Fairpoint, Meade, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 236 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 247 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).