Statistics
Statistics, 2014
- Date of Incorporation: 1907
- Adoption of the City Charter:
- Voted - December 7, 1926
- Adopted - January 1, 1927
- Form of Government: Council/Mayor
- Area in Square Miles: 18.89
- Miles of Street:
- Paved 189
- Unpaved 0.5
- Number of calls for service - 31,518
- Number of employees (including 19 civilians) - 62
- Number of stations - 1
- Total alarm response - 1,321
- Total arrests - 1,973
- Total citations - 1,967
- Total number of building checks - 7,092
- Total number of written reports - 5,196
- Animal Control
- Number of calls for service - 6,637
Big Spring 6,056
Howard County 509
Coahoma 59
Forsan 13 - Number of adoptions - 308
- Number of employees - 5
- Number of cats recovered - 860
- Number of dogs recovered - 1,161
- Number of others recovered - 418
- Number of calls for service - 6,637
- Number of city runs per year - 1,562
- Number of employees - 46
- Number of non-city runs - 236
- Number of stations - 5
- Number of city runs - 4,182
- Number of employees - 16
- Number of long distance transfers - 126
- Number of out-of-city runs - 478
- Number of Volunteers - 207
- Total Volunteer Hours (October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009) - 45,071
- Dollar Value to the Community (Based on Private Sector rate) - $221,013
- Number of New Buildings
- Commercial - 10
- Commercial Valuation - $18,693,000
- Residential - 39
- Residential Valuation - $5,488,806
- Number of Alterations and Additions
- Commercial - 26
- Commercial Valuation - $18,963,000
- Residential - 65
- Residential Valuation - $677,003
- Number of Residential Re-Roofs
- Commercial - 27
- Commercial Valuation - $255,525
- Residential - 157
- Residential Valuation - $688,139
- Citations Issued - 164
- Compliance Rate - 94%
- Number of Incidents - 3,246
- Number of Unresolved Incidents - 324
- Daily average consumption (gallons) - 5,171,000
- Main Live Valves - 1,639
- Manholes - 2,005
- Miles of sewer mains - 126
- Miles of water mains - 177
- Number active non-city accounts (annual average) - 270
- Number of active city accounts (annual average) - 8,495
- Number of active city units (annual average) - 10,225
- Number of active non-city accounts (annual average) - 294
- Number of fire hydrants - 723
- Systems capacity (gallons) per day - 12,500,000
- Community Parks
- Comanche Trail - 136 acres
- Neighborhood Parks
- ABC Park - 3.15 acres
- Bert Andries Park - 2 acres
- Birdwell Park - 15.04 acres
- Dr. Morgan Park - 7.50 acres
- Heart of the City - 0.80 acres
- Jefferson Park - 0.50 acres
- Russ McEwen Aquatic Center - 600 Swimmer Capacity
- Comanche Lake located in Comanche Trail Park - 148 acres
- Moss Lake - 640 acres
- American Little League - 3.75 acres
- Cotton Mize - 1 softball field
- International Little League - 3.44 acres
- National Little League - 4.60 acres
- Roy Anderson Complex - 70.69 acres
- Fields: 5 baseball
1 football/soccer
1 football
1 practice
4 softball
5 soccer
- Fields: 5 baseball
- Stinkcreek - 1 practice field
- Comanche Trail - 184.75 acres (18 holes)
- Cost per light per month (annual average) - $16.78
- Total Number of Lights - 1,862
- Full Time - 259
- Part Time - 7
- Seasonal - 21
- Associate's Degree - 28
- Bachelor's Degree - 26
- Post Graduate - 3