Asphalt Paving in Nevada, IA

Asphalt paving in Nevada is mostly about driveways that have been in place a long time. The town was platted in 1853 along West Indian Creek, eight miles east of Ames, and it has been the seat of Story County since its early years. Nevada counted 6,925 residents in 2020, and growth has been slow and steady, about 2 percent a decade since 2000. Census figures show 71.9 percent of homes are owner-occupied and 84.1 percent of residents lived in the same house a year earlier. People stay, so the same driveway may be on its second or third round of patches.

What we see on Nevada driveways

Older driveways near downtown and the neighborhoods off Lincoln Way often have been overlaid already, sometimes more than once. Each layer raises the surface, and eventually water runs toward the garage door instead of away from it. Those driveways usually need the old layers removed, not another overlay. Newer homes on the edges of town tend to need maintenance: crack filling, a sealcoat and the occasional edge repair.

Driveways along US 30 and the county roads

US 30, the old Lincoln Highway, runs through the business district as Lincoln Way, and a bypass was built south of town in the 1970s. Homes and farmsteads on county roads around Nevada fall under Story County's driveway and entrance policy. A new or widened entrance onto a county road needs a $25 county permit, must be 20 to 45 feet wide and slope away from the road for at least 8 feet, and the county inspects it before and after construction. Gravel can go on without permission, but paving an entrance needs the County Engineer's sign-off first. We handle that paperwork when a rural driveway includes the entrance.

Downtown and business lots

Nevada's downtown historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 and became a Main Street Iowa community in 2019. Business, church and civic lots around downtown are typically small and tight. We can patch, overlay, seal and restripe them in sections so entrances stay open.

Median values and what makes sense

The median owner-occupied home in Nevada is valued at $182,400. On a lot of these homes, a well-built driveway is one of the more visible improvements. We give you options in writing: repair and seal, overlay where the base is sound, or replacement where it is not.

Timing around the fair

The Story County Fair is held at the county fairgrounds in Nevada each summer. Businesses and churches that host overflow parking often want their lots patched, sealed and restriped beforehand. Plan on early summer so sealer has cured.

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