Population:
36,000

Roads Maintained:
County, paved, up to 8,000 A.D.T. 450 miles
County, gravel, all year 300 miles
County, gravel, summer only 100 miles
Total 850 miles

Road Types:
Urban residential 100 miles
Rural 650 miles
Seasonal - not plowed 100 miles
Total 850 miles

Winter Equipment:
Four wheel drive trucks, heavy duty
-with vee plows and wings 10 each
-with one-way plows and wings 9 each

Motor graders, all wheel drive, 180 to 220 h.p.
-with vee front blade and wings 10 each

Patrol trucks with spreaders, underbody
-scrapers, one-way plow and wing,
tandem axle 10 each
single axle 8 each

Snowblowers
-self-propelled 8 each
-loader-mounted 3 each

Winter abrasives used each year:
salt on county roads 400 tons
sand on county roads 18,000 tons

Income, total, approximately:
maintenance for county roads $4,500,000/yr.
construction for county roads $1,000,000/yr. or more by application

Expenditures, winter:
county road Up to $1,600,000 or
$2,150/mile

Snowfall 180" to 350" max.
Average, north half 240 inches
south half 120 inches

Current financial statements and yearly budgets are available upon request, from the Ripley office.