Square Butte (Arizona) Explained

Square Butte
Other Name:Tsé Dikʼání
Elevation Ft:7140
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:400
Isolation Mi:1.76
Parent Peak:White Mesa
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Size:230
Label Position:bottom
Location:Navajo Reservation
Coconino County, Arizona, U.S.
Range:Colorado Plateau
Coordinates:36.6044°N -110.9265°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Square Butte
Rock:Entrada Sandstone
Age:Jurassic

Square Butte is a 7140adj=midNaNadj=mid sandstone summit located on Navajo Nation land, in Coconino County of northern Arizona.[2] It is situated 35 miles (56 km) southeast of the town of Page, and 9miles east of Kaibito, where it towers over 700feet above the surrounding terrain as a landmark alongside Arizona State Route 98. Square Butte is known as Tsé Dikʼání in Navajo language, meaning "square rock."[3] Its nearest higher neighbor is White Mesa, 2miles to the south. Precipitation runoff from Square Butte drains to northwest into Square Butte Wash or northeast into Potato Canyon, then ultimately Lake Powell, all part of the Colorado River drainage basin. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Square Butte is located in an arid climate zone with hot, very dry summers, and chilly winters.[4] Spring and fall are the most favorable seasons to visit. The top of Square Butte is composed of Entrada Sandstone including the Cow Springs Member, and it overlays Carmel Formation, all of which was deposited in the Jurassic period.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Square Butte - 7,140' AZ . Lists of John . December 12, 2020 .
  2. 11721 . Square Butte . December 12, 2020 .
  3. William Bright, Native American Placenames of the Southwest, University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.
  4. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1027-5606.
  5. Donald L. Baars, A Traveler's Guide to the Geology of the Colorado Plateau, 2002, University of Utah Press, page 210.