2011 Map of Belden SE

About this map

Finstad Cemetery sits as a solitary historic anchor in this section of Mountrail County, surrounded by the geometric precision of the Great Plains' section-line road system. The landscape is defined by the intersections of gravel routes like 48th St NW and 79th Ave NW, which carve the prairie into regular squares. This 2011 survey reveals a sparsely populated agricultural region, where the primary human footprint is found in the extensive network of local thoroughfares such as 81st Ave NW and 43rd St NW. The drainage patterns and small depressions scattered throughout the quadrangle suggest the classic prairie pothole terrain of North Dakota, where seasonal water shapes the utility of the land between the high-numbered rural avenues.