Souris North Dakota Map

About Souris, North Dakota

Souris is a locality in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 145.8 people per km². Souris is located at 48.9097°N, 100.6815°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Souris is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58783.

Souris occupies a wide, level expanse of the northern plains where the sky acts as a vast, shifting ceiling of pale blue and deepening violet. It lies 54.6 miles north-northeast of Minot, ND (from Minot, ND: bearing 31°T), and is situated 12.1 miles west-northwest of Bottineau. The landscape around Souris stretches toward a horizon defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Turtle Mountains, marking the edge of the world against the infinite, open grass. To the east, the quiet presence of Boundary Creek draws a thin, winding line through the earth, while the Bottineau County Waterfowl Production Area provides a sanctuary for migratory wings that slice through the stillness of the afternoon. The air holds a sharp, clean clarity, carrying the scent of dry soil and the faint, earthy sweetness of the nearby Turtle Mountain State Forest, where the dense cover offers a darker contrast to the sun-drenched prairie.

Agriculture remains the pulse of the region, with the geometry of wheat fields and fallow ground dictating the rhythm of the seasons and the cycle of the workday. Souris grew from the necessity of the rail lines that once stitched these distances together, leaving behind a quiet legacy of grain elevators that stand like weathered sentinels against the wind. Life here moves in accordance with the demands of the harvest and the changing light, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents find a singular beauty in the stillness of a winter dusk or the way the sun lingers over the reeds near Strawberry Lake, turning the water into a sheet of polished copper. It is a place where the work of the hands and the scale of the land remain in a constant, honest conversation.

About This Souris Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Souris, North Dakota. Coordinates: 48.909738, -100.681539. 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 Souris includes the ZIP code (58783), telephone area code (701), county seat of Bottineau County (Bottineau), and school district assignment (Westhope Public School District 17).

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.