Square Butte, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Square Butte, Montana, shaded from 3,120 ft on the north side to 3,160 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,160 ft 960 m3,150 ft 960 m3,140 ft 960 m3,140 ft 955 m3,130 ft 955 m3,120 ft 950 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Square Butte sits at about 3,140 ft (955 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
3,140 ft 955 m
few residents
Lowest
3,120 ft 950 m
on the north side
Highest
3,160 ft 960 m
on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,140 ft 955 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Square Butte spans about 40 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
3,140 ft955 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
3,160 ft960 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
3,120 ft950 m
Town center
USGS map point for Square Butte
3,140 ft955 m
Average of all land3,140 ft955 m
Nearest peak
Square Butte, Chouteau County, 3.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
5,730 ft1,745 m

Altitude Effects

What 3,140 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
206.2 °F96.8 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.7 inHg (90.3 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+6% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Square Butte, Montana, shaded from 3,120 ft on the north side to 3,160 ft on the southwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Chouteau County, Montana, United States
Population
27 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
98 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5150° N, 110.1983° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
59446
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Stanford4,290 ft
  2. Surprise Creek Colony4,280 ft
  3. Geyser4,180 ft
  4. Raynesford4,030 ft
  5. Coffee Creek3,610 ft
  6. Denton3,600 ft
  7. Danvers3,550 ft
  8. Deerfield Colony3,460 ft
  9. Highwood3,390 ft
  10. Geraldine3,150 ft
  11. Square Butte3,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Taylor Peak7,780 ft
  • Highwood Baldy7,660 ft
  • Arrow Peak7,470 ft
  • Square Butte, Chouteau County5,730 ft
  • Carter Mountain5,470 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Square Butte is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.