Underwood North Dakota Map

About Underwood, North Dakota

Underwood is a locality in McLean County, North Dakota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 784. The population density is 339.4 people per km². Underwood is located at 47.4564°N, 101.1371°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Underwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 58576.

Underwood anchors itself to the vast, open prairie of the high plains, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure upon the earth. It lies 45.0 miles north-northwest of Mandan, ND (from Mandan, ND: bearing 345°T), and is situated 32.8 miles east-northeast of Beulah. The landscape around Underwood consists of expansive, grass-covered swells that stretch toward a horizon defined by the persistent, unyielding wind. Only a few miles away, the terrain dips into the quiet, brush-lined depression of Coal Lake Coulee, while the modest flow of Buffalo Creek carves a thin, seasonal vein through the soil. To the north, the landscape finds a temporary sanctuary in the Mclean County Waterfowl Production Area, where the grasses thicken and the air hums with the sudden, frantic rise of wings against the stillness of the afternoon.

Wheat fields and the deep, industrial pulse of energy extraction define the economic marrow of the region, grounding the lives of those who stay to work the stubborn soil. The history of the place remains etched in the stoic, wind-worn architecture of the main street, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow migration of heavy machinery and the shifting shadows of grain elevators. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Weller Slough reflect the bruised colors of a North Dakota sunset, offering a brief, reflective pause in a landscape otherwise obsessed with the labor of harvest and the extraction of fuel. People move with a deliberate, measured pace here, shaped by a climate that demands resilience and a silence that feels as deep as the earth itself.

About This Underwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Underwood, North Dakota. Coordinates: 47.456386, -101.137096. 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 Underwood includes the ZIP code (58576), telephone area code (701), county seat of McLean County (Washburn), and school district assignment (Underwood Public School District 8).

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.