Geography Butte, Montana

1 geography

1.1 cityscapes
1.2 neighborhoods
1.3 climate

geography

according united states census bureau, city has total area of 716.8 sq mi (1,856.5 km), of 716.1 sq mi (1,854.7 km) land , 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km) (0.09%) water. butte home 1 of largest deposits of bornite. of united states communities situated on continental divide, butte populous. every highway exiting butte (except westbound i-90) crosses divide (eastbound i-90 via homestake pass; eastbound mt 2 via pipestone pass; northbound i-15 via elk park pass , southbound i-15 via deer lodge pass).

the city named nearby landform, big butte, miners. butte s urban landscape notable including mining operations set within residential areas, making environmental consequences of extraction economy more apparent.

cityscapes


view of butte south, 1908.




view west side, seen montana tech campus, 2012.




view uptown butte facing south on idaho street, 2017.


neighborhoods

uptown butte, 2006.

the concentration of wealth in butte due mining history resulted in unique , ornate architectural features amongst homes , buildings, particularly throughout uptown section of butte. uptown, named after steep streets, located on hillside on northwestern edge of town , characterized abundance of lavish victorian homes , queen anne style cottages built in late-nineteenth century. several of butte s painted ladies -homes featured in 1987 book daughters of painted ladies elizabeth pomada. butte-silver bow county has established urban revitalization agency works improve building façades enhance , promote architectural resources of historic uptown butte. in 2017, television pilot titled butteification aired on hgtv, focused on couple restoring victorian home in butte.

butte s south district, situated @ lower elevation below hillside comprises northern butte, has historically been home working-class neighborhoods. gold mines populated south butte before platted union pacific railroad in 1881.

the expansion of anaconda company in 1960s , 1970s eradicated of butte s historic neighborhoods, including east side, dublin gulch, meaderville, , chinatown. st. mary s section of butte, borders uptown east, comprised dublin gulch (an enclave irish immigrants) , corktown neighborhoods. takes name eponymous roman catholic parish located within it, historically known miner s church, scheduling masses around miners shifting schedules. historically, st. mary s section of butte had prominent population of slavic , finnish immigrants in addition irish prior mid-twentieth century.

climate

butte has exaggerated semi-arid climate (bsk) under köppen climate classification, though short of being humid continental climate (dfb). winters long , cold, january averaging @ 18 °f or −7.8 °c, 35.9 nights falling below 0 °f or −17.8 °c , 58.3 days failing top freezing. summers short, warm days , chilly nights: july averages 63 °f or 17.2 °c. areas in part of north america, annual precipitation low , largely concentrated in spring months: wettest month since precipitation records began in 1894 has been june 1913 8.86 inches or 225.0 millimetres, whilst no precipitation fell in september 1904. wettest calendar year has been 1909 20.55 inches or 522.0 millimetres , 2 driest 1935 6.89 inches or 175.0 millimetres , 1895 6.98 inches or 177.3 millimetres. snowfall limited dryness: in 1 month being 32.5 inches or 0.83 metres in october 1911 , greatest depth on ground 27 inches or 0.69 metres on 28 , 29 december 1996.

the coldest month has been january 1937 daily mean temperature of −5.5 °f (−20.8 °c), whilst coldest complete winter 1948/49 three-month mean of 6.69 °f (−14.06 °c) , mildest 1925/1926 averaged 29.21 °f (−1.55 °c). july 2007 has been hottest month, mean maximum of 88.8 °f (31.6 °c), although hottest day, reaching 100 °f or 37.8 °c, occurred on july 22, 1931 , june 30, 2000.