Distance to Omaha, Nebraska: 25
Number of US highways: 2
Number of state highways: 1
Nearest airport: Missouri Valley Municipal
Type of runway: Asphalt
Length of runway: 2,500
Nearest commercial airport: Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE
Telecommunication Services
Local Telephone company: Qwest and Long Lines
Inter-LATA: Yes
Type of central office switcher: Digital
Fiber currently in ground: Yes
Current usage of fiber: Interoffice facilities and feeder distribution
T1/DS1 service available: Yes
Local cellular service available: No
Local Internet service available: Yes
Local video conferencing available: Yes
Water Services
Name of supplier: City of Missouri Valley
Source of city water: Well
Elevated storage capacity (gal): 750,000
Capacity of plant (gal): 1,000,000
Average consumption (gpd): 473,035
Peak consumption (gpd): 1,103,000
Electric Services
Name of supplier: MidAmerican Energy Company
Type of ownership: Private
Natural Gas Services
Name of distributor: MidAmerican Energy Company
Pipeline source: Northern Natural Gas Company/ENRON
Sanitation Services
Type of sewage treatment plant: Secondary
Percentage of community served by sewer: 94
Average load (gpd): 433,000
Peak load (gpd): 650,000
Design capacity (gpd): 650,000
Commercial Industrial Services
Number of achine shops: 1
Names of daily newspapers: Omaha World-Herald, C.B. Nonpareil
Name of weekly newspaper: Missouri Valley Times-News (biweekly)
City served by cable TV: Yes
Seating capacity of largest banquet room: 300
Number of hotels and motels: 5
Total hotel/motel rooms: 220
Number of financial institutions: 3
Number affiliated with bank chain: 1
Number of company-owned national retailers: 2
Chamber of commerce: Yes
Chamber manager full-time: Yes
Community CEPP certified: Yes
Municipal Services
Type of local government: Council, Mayor
City zoning ordinance in effect: Yes
Subdivision ordinance in effect: Yes
Number of volunteer fire fighters: 28
Fire insurance class in city (0-10): 6
Fire insurance class outside of city (0-10): 9
Number of full-time police officers: 7
Industrial waste pickup service: Yes
Percentage of city streets paved: 80
City Structure
Assessed valuation of property in city: 32,617,311
Tax rate per $1,000 assessed valuation: 37.29
Bond indebtedness- city: 640,000
Bond indebtedness capacity of community: 2,716,021
Future indebtedness plans: 1,200,000
Recreational Facilities Within Half-hour Drive
Number of parks: 8
Number of golf courses: 8
Number of tennis courts: 4
Number of swimming pools: 6
Number of country clubs: 5
Public access to lake/river: Yes
Swimming at lake/river: Yes
Water skiing at lake/river: Yes
Fishing at lake/river: Yes
Motor Boating at lake/river: Yes
Cultural Facilities
Theatre: Yes
Historic site: Yes
Library: Yes
Art gallery: Yes
Opera: Yes
Symphony: Yes
Museum: Yes
Historical society: Yes
Ballet: Yes
Arts council: Yes
Local historic program: Yes
Health Facilities Within a One Hour Drive
Number of hospitals: 8
Total number of beds: 500
Minutes to nearest hospital: 0
Minutes to emergency care: 0
Helicopter emergency care available: Yes
Number of clinics in community: 2
Specialty of clinics: Family practice
Number of medical doctors in county: 5
Number of doctors of osteopathy in county: 1
Number of dentists in county: 6
Number of chiropractors in county:3
Religious Congregations
Number of Protestant congregations: 11
Number of Catholic congregations: 1
Climate
Average winter temperature: 21.8
Average summer temperature: 72.7
Annual rainfall: 29.9
Annual snowfall: 33.2