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Science In Your Backyard: North Dakota

North Dakota

  • North Dakota Water Science Center
    LK Property Building
    821 East Interstate Ave.
    Bismarck, ND 58501-1199
    Phone: (701) 250-7401
    Fax: (701) 250-7492
    Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Central_Time

  • Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
    8711 37th Street Southeast
    Jamestown, North Dakota 58401
    Phone: (701) 253-5500
    Fax: (701) 253-5553
    Email: npwrc@usgs.gov

  • National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Office (Liason for: MN, ND, SD)
    .S. Geological Survey
    Minnesota Mapping Partnership Office
    2280 Woodale Drive
    Mounds View, MN 55112
    Phone: (763) 783-3207


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North Dakota State Facts

Image of North Dakota with a star pinpointing the location of the capital.
Locations on image are approximate


Capital: Bismarck(Star shaped icon located on map pinpointing capital.)
Land Area: 68,976 sq. miles
(source: 2003 Census)
Population: 633,837
(source: 2003 Census estimate)
Counties: 53
(source: National Association of Counties)
Highest Point:
White Butte at 3,506 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Slope
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Lowest Point:
Red River at 750 feet, located in the county/subdivision of Pembina
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)
Geographic Center:
Located in Sheridan County approx. 5 miles southwest of McClusky
(source: U.S. Geological Survey)

 

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