The City is divided into four precincts/wards described as follows:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.4 & 372.13[7])
1. First Precinct (Ward 1). The area bounded by the following description, proceeding generally in a clockwise direction:
Beginning at the intersection of X Avenue and 5th Street, thence along the corporate limits to the centerline of H Avenue, thence west along the centerline of H Avenue to the centerline of 16th Street, thence north along the centerline of 16th Street extended to the centerline of the east/west drive north of Gates Hall, thence west along the centerline of said drive to the centerline of 15th Street, thence south along the centerline of 15th Street to the centerline of H Avenue, thence west along the centerline of H Avenue to the centerline of 11th Street (2nd intersection), thence north along the centerline of 11th Street to the centerline of J Avenue, thence west along the centerline of J Avenue to the centerline of the alley west of 7th Street, thence north along the centerline of said alley to the centerline of Lincoln Highway, thence east along the centerline of Lincoln Highway to the centerline of 7th Street, thence north along the centerline of 7th Street to the centerline of M Avenue, thence west along the centerline of M Avenue to the centerline of 6th Street, thence north along the centerline of 6th Street to the centerline of S Avenue, thence west along the centerline of S Avenue to the centerline of 5th Street, thence north along the centerline of 5th Street to the intersection of X Avenue and 5th Street and the point of beginning.
2. Second Precinct (Ward 2). The area bounded by the following description, proceeding generally in a clockwise direction:
Beginning at the intersection of W 4th Street (S-14) and X Avenue, thence west along the corporate limits to the centerline of 5th Street, thence south along the centerline of 5th Street to the centerline of S Avenue, thence west along the centerline of S Avenue to the centerline of 6th Street, thence south along the centerline of 6th Street to the centerline of M Avenue, thence east along the centerline of M Avenue to the centerline of 7th Street, thence south along the centerline of 7th Street to the centerline of Lincoln Highway, thence west along the centerline of Lincoln Highway to the centerline of the alley west of 7th Street, thence south along the centerline of said alley to the centerline of J Avenue, thence east along the centerline of J Avenue to the centerline of 8th Street, thence south along the centerline of 8th Street to the centerline of F Avenue, thence west along the centerline of F Avenue to the centerline of 7th Street, thence north along the centerline of 7th Street to the centerline of G Avenue, thence west along the centerline of G Avenue to the centerline of 3rd Street, thence north along the centerline of 3rd Street to the centerline of H Avenue, thence west along the centerline of H Avenue to the centerline of 1st Street, thence north along the centerline of 1st Street to the centerline of I Avenue (S-14), thence west along the centerline of I Avenue (S-14) to the centerline of West 4th Street (S-14), thence west along the south boundary of the Nevada Cemetery to West Indian Creek, thence north and west along the channel of West Indian Creek to its intersection with the corporate limits on the north right-of-way of West Lincoln Highway, thence along the corporate limits to the intersection of West 4th Street and X Avenue and the point of beginning.
3. Third Precinct (Ward 3). The area bounded by the following description, proceeding generally in a clockwise direction:
Beginning at the intersection of the north right-of-way of 220th Street with the east line of the west half of Section 34 of Milford Township, thence along the corporate limits to West Indian Creek, thence southerly along the West Indian Creek channel to the south boundary of the Nevada Cemetery, thence east along said boundary to the intersection of West 4th Street and I Avenue, thence east along the centerline of I Avenue to the centerline of 1st Street, thence south on 1st Street to the centerline of H Avenue, thence east along the centerline of H Avenue to the centerline of 3rd Street, thence south along the centerline of 3rd Street to the centerline of G Avenue, thence east along the centerline of G Avenue to the centerline of 7th Street, thence south along the centerline of 7th Street to the centerline of F Avenue, thence east along the centerline of F Avenue to the centerline of 8th Street, thence south along the centerline of 8th Street to West Indian Creek, thence southerly along the West Indian Creek channel to the north right-of-way line of Iowa Highway 30, thence west along said right-of-way to the centerline of 6th Street, thence south along the centerline of 6th Street to the south right-of-way line of Iowa Highway 30, thence east along said right-of-way to West Indian Creek, thence southerly along the West Indian Creek channel to the south corporate limits, thence along the corporate limits to their intersection with the north right-of-way of 220th Street and the point of beginning.
Add the areas annexed by Resolution No. 33 (2011/2012) on January 9, 2012, legally described as follows:
That part of the SE ¼ of Section 2, Township Eighty-Three (83) North, Range Twenty-Three (23) West of the 5th P.M., Iowa, lying South of the Right-of-Way to the Union Pacific Railroad, and that part of the W ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 1,Township Eighty-Three (83) North, Range Twenty-Three (23) West of the 5th P.M., Iowa, lying South and West of the Right-of-Way of the Union Pacific Railroad, EXCEPT Parcel "A" of Lot Two (2) in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of said Section 1, containing 120.68 acres, more or less, and also
All that part of the SW ¼ of Section 2, Township Eighty-Three (83) North, Range Twenty-Three (23) West of the 5th P.M., Iowa, lying South of the Right-of-Way of the Union Pacific Railroad, containing 93.87 acres, more or less; and EXCEPT a parcel of land located in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 2, Township Eighty-Three (83) North, Range Twenty-Three (23) West of the 5th P.M., being partially in the City of Nevada and partially in Story County, Iowa as shown on the acquisition plat attached to the Warranty Deed recorded 06/16/2005 as Instrument #2005-00006901, containing 136,510 square feet (3.13 acres) more or less including 76,870 square feet (1.76 acres) more or less of existing road Right-of-Way.
And
Parcel "A" of Lot Two (2) in the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼) of the Southwest Quarter of Section One (1), Township Eighty-Three (83) North, Range Twenty-three (23) West of the 5th P.M., as shown on Survey Plat recorded in Certificate and Field Notes Book 9, on page 265, in the Office of the Recorder of Story County, Iowa, filed on April 18, 1991, lying west and south of the Union Pacific Railroad right of way, in Story County, Iowa
And
That part of the Midwestern/Union Pacific Railroad Right-of-Way located in the south half of Section 2, Township 83, Range 23 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, lying outside the current city limits of the City of Nevada, all in Story County, Iowa.
(Subsection 3 - Ord. 971 - Mar. 12 Supp.)
4. Fourth Precinct (Ward 4). The area bounded by the following description, proceeding generally in a clockwise manner:
Beginning at the intersection of the centerlines of 8th Street and J Avenue, thence west along the centerline of J Avenue to the centerline of 11th Street, thence south along the centerline of 11th Street to the centerline of H Avenue, thence east along the centerline of H Avenue to the centerline of 15th Street, thence north along the centerline of 15th Street to the east/west drive north of Gates Hall, thence east along said drive to the centerline of 16th Street extended, thence south along the centerline of 16th Street extended to the centerline of H Avenue, thence east along the centerline of H Avenue to the corporate limits, thence along the corporate limits to West Indian Creek, thence northerly along the West Indian Creek channel to the south right-of-way of Highway 30, thence west along said right-of-way to the centerline of South 6th Street, thence north along the centerline of South 6th Street to the north right-of-way of Highway 30, thence east along said right-of-way to West Indian Creek, thence northerly along the West Indian Creek channel to the centerline of B Avenue, thence north along the centerline of B Avenue to the centerline of J Avenue and the point of beginning.
(Ch. 3 - Ord. 966 - Mar. 12 Supp.)