Information About

Butte Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Butte Creek on The Map

Location

63 ° 28' 16" N,
156 ° 13' 21" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

McGrath

Tributary to

Folger Creek

Tributaries

Quartz Creek,

Elevation

397 ft (121.01 m)

Butte Creek in Detail.

About

formed by junction of Quartz and Shorty Creeks, on W slope of Cripple Creek Mts., flows SW to Folger Creek, 25 mi. NE of Ophir, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 6 miles long.

History

Prospectors' name obtained in 1933 by J. B. Mertie, Jr., (in Smith, P. S., 1936, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).