Information About

Butte Creek

Quick Facts

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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).

Topo Maps

Ophir (1951), Ophir (1954), Ophir (1954), Ophir (1954), Ophir B-1 (1954), Ophir B-1 (1954),

Places Near Butte Creek

Streams:

Bear Creek, Boston Creek, Butte Creek, Canyon Creek, Caribou Creek, Cripple Creek, Dominion Creek, Folger Creek, Graham Creek, Hunch Creek, Kimbley Creek, McLean Creek, Quartz Creek, Shorty Creek, South Fork Folger Creek, Twomile Creek,

Cities:

Cripple, Folger,