Calio North Dakota Map

About Calio, North Dakota

Calio is a locality in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 0.4 people per km². Calio is located at 48.6311°N, 98.9329°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Calio is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58352.

Calio occupies a vast, horizontal stretch of North Dakota prairie where the sky claims more attention than the earth itself. It lies 100.1 miles west-northwest of Grand Forks, ND (from Grand Forks, ND: bearing 300°T), and is situated 35.9 miles north of Devils Lake. The landscape around Calio consists of immense, open fields that shift in color from the pale straw of autumn to the deep, resonant green of early summer. Only a mile away, the Cavalier County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory birds, its wetlands breaking the monotony of the flat horizon with low, wild grasses and the sudden, frantic flutter of wings. Thirteen miles to the west, Mauvais Coulee carves a shallow, winding path through the soil, offering a rare variation in the terrain’s relentless linearity. When the sun begins to retreat, the light thins and stretches, turning the dust kicked up by a distant tractor into a fine, golden haze that hangs suspended in the cool, dry air.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of Calio, dictating the seasonal migration of machinery and the quiet, methodical industry of the harvest. The economic life here remains tethered to the soil, with silos standing as singular, functional monuments against the immense backdrop of the plains. While Snyder Lake rests thirteen miles away, the daily rhythm of the people is dictated less by such landmarks and more by the wind and the soil’s stubborn fertility. Generations of families have anchored their lives to these acres, creating a culture defined by a quiet, persistent resilience. There is a profound stillness in the way the morning light catches the frost on a fence line or the way the evening shadows lengthen across the stubble, marking the passage of a time that feels both ancient and entirely present.

About This Calio Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Calio, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.631118, -98.932911. 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 Calio includes the ZIP code (58352), telephone area code (701), county seat of Cavalier County (Langdon), and school district assignment (Munich Public School District 19).

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.