Library The Osceola Public Library is a state-accredited library. A new addition was completed in 1998, doubling the space to 3,190 square feet. The library offers a wide variety of services, such as inter-library loan, children's story hour, television with VCR, copy machine, computers, First Search, and Internet. The terrain is level to gently rolling. The soil is rich, black loam and sandy loam which is excellent for crop production.
Drainage is good to the Blue River, Davis Creek, and the Platte River.
The average annual temperature is 50 degrees while the temperature ranges from a mean of 23 degrees in January to a mean of 77 degrees in July. The average annual precipitation is 28 inches. Regular patrol by the sheriff's department provides protection to Polk County. There are two patrolmen serving the area.