Butte City Idaho Map

About Butte City, Idaho

Butte City is a locality in Butte County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 78. The population density is 178.2 people per km². Butte City is located at 43.6099°N, 113.2442°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Butte City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83213.

Butte City exists as a quiet anchor upon the expansive, arid plains of the high desert, where the earth is defined by the muted tones of sagebrush and the pale, resilient green of bunchgrass. It lies 53.6 miles west-northwest of Blackfoot, ID (from Blackfoot, ID: bearing 303°T), and is situated 54.0 miles east of Hailey. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality that sharpens the horizon, allowing the distant, jagged silhouette of the Lost River Range to loom like a silent guardian against the deepening blue of the sky. To the west, the land yields to the rugged, sun-bleached contours of Braithwaite Canyon, while the modest, seasonal flow of Ferris Slough meanders through the low ground two miles away, offering a rare, thin ribbon of moisture to the thirsty soil. The light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised intensity, casting long, violet shadows across the flat expanse and turning the dry earth into a field of glowing copper embers.

Butte City maintains a modest pace of life, deeply tethered to the rhythms of the surrounding agricultural landscape and the stewardship of the land. Nearby, the Idaho Department of Lands manages the surrounding acreage, ensuring that the legacy of the region’s sparse, rugged terrain remains undisturbed by the frantic pace of more crowded territories. Economic life in Butte City is lean and industrious, favoring the hard-won gains of dryland farming and the quiet maintenance of local infrastructure over the artifice of growth. There is a profound, stoic beauty in the way the residents navigate the seasons, their daily movements measured against the immense, unchanging presence of the high plains. Here, the history of the place is not written in monuments but in the persistent, weathered fences and the enduring patience of those who have chosen to settle where the horizon remains wide enough to encompass the entire sky.

About This Butte City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Butte City, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.609903, -113.244171. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Butte City includes the ZIP code (83213), telephone area code (208), county seat of Butte County (Arco), and school district assignment (Butte County Joint School District 111).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.