Butterfly Lake

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Butterfly Lake
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Butterfly Lake
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Butterfly Lake
Location Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
Coordinates 37°47′32″N90°14′57″W / 37.7921129°N 90.2490296°W / 37.7921129; -90.2490296
Type reservoir
Basin  countries United States
Surface area65 acres (26 ha)
Surface elevation764 ft (233 m) [1]

Butterfly Lake is a reservoir in Ste. Genevieve County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

Butterfly Lake was so named because its outline has the shape of a butterfly. [2] The reservoir is 65 acres in area. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Butterfly Lake
  2. ↑ "Ste. Genevieve County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ "MO 2020 WQS Lake Classification and Use". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 18, 2025.


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