Information About

Butte Creek

Quick Facts

Region:

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City:

McGrath

Tributary to:

Folger Creek

Elevation:

397 ft (121.01 m)

Tributaries:

Quartz Creek,

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 of Butte Creek

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

Found on the following 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,