Butler

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Butler

Total population

2

Median home value

$0

0%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Air quality index

38Good

Elevation557 m

Land area0.75 km²

Weather65°F · Chance Rain Showers

Coordinates45.26°, -97.71°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Butler is a town in Day County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 4 at the 2020 census. Butler ties with Verdon and Lowry as the second least populous municipality in South Dakota.

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 Butler, SD from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in South Dakota

• Andover
  13.9 mi away · pop. 31
• Pierpont
  17.1 mi away · pop. 161
• Roslyn
  19.4 mi away · pop. 147
• Garden City
  21.9 mi away
• Clark
  26.4 mi away
• Eden
  28.3 mi away · pop. 221
• Clear Lake
  35.1 mi away · pop. 41
• Lake City
  35.1 mi away · pop. 40
• Fordham Colony
  35.5 mi away
• Prairiewood Village
  38.4 mi away
• Hillside Colony
  39.7 mi away
• Vienna
  40 mi away

Browse all places in South Dakota →

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 Butler

Sheep

Archer Butler Gilfillan · 1957

Irrigation manual

Walter P. Butler · 1892

South Dakota population: age and sex structure, 1960-1970

Marvin P. Riley · 1972

South Dakota population, housing and farm census facts

Marvin P. Riley · 1973

Population projection models for South Dakota, 1980, 1985, and 1990

Robert T. Wagner · 1975

Flood study

United States. Federal Insurance Administration. · 1979

Reconstruction bonds & twentieth-century politics

Robert Franklin Durden · 1962

Reconstruction Bonds and Twentieth-Century Politics

Robert F. Durden · 1962

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Twin Butte Ck, Corson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 200 mi
• Wildfire Duhamel, Pennington, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 230 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 245 mi
• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-07-27 · 245 mi

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

Recently spotted species

prairie cordgrass

Sporobolus michauxianus

Seen 2026-08-05

Maximilian sunflower

Helianthus maximiliani

Seen 2026-08-05

Wild Licorice

Glycyrrhiza lepidota

Seen 2026-07-20

Flodman's thistle

Cirsium flodmanii

Seen 2026-07-20

Chickpea Milkvetch

Astragalus cicer

Seen 2026-07-20

Northern Bedstraw

Galium boreale

Seen 2026-06-22

stiff-leaved goldenrod

Solidago rigida

Seen 2026-06-22

breadroot scurf pea

Pediomelum esculentum

Seen 2026-06-22

prairie rose

Rosa arkansana

Seen 2026-06-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-24 12:00 UTC.