THE SMOKY BUTTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Missouri Coteau setting.
Smoky Butte township has 35.2 square miles of land in Divide County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Missouri Coteau, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Smoky Butte and Divide County
Smoky Butte is associated with Divide County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Smoky Butte by land and water
The Census records 0.77 square miles of water within Smoky Butte, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 2.6% recorded for Divide County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Smoky Butte township has 1 times the land area of nearby Blue Ridge township (33.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

