The data for Jasper County are summarized in this water planning data fact sheet. Jasper County is located in central Iowa just east of Des Moines.
Manufacturing is the principal economic sector, as measured by employee earnings.
The county contains steeply rolling hills, the Skunk River Valley, and small drainage streams. The population of 34,795 is distributed in 13 incorporated cities and the surrounding rural areas. Interstate Highway 80 crosses the county from east to west. State Highway 14 crosses the center of the county from north to south. This data sheet focuses on water uses that withdraw water from ground and surface water sources.