Infrastructure

Electricity supplied by Alliant Energy

Natural Gas supplied by WE Energies

Water supplied by City of Lancaster. Water source: Three deep wells. Maximum pumping capacity: 2.56 MG/day. Peak daily use: 1 MG/day. Storage capacity: 875,000 gallons.

Sanitary Sewer supplied by City of Lancaster.Design capacity: 748,000 gallons/day. Average daily use: 350,000 gallons/day.

Telecommunications supplied by TDS. Includes OC-48 Fiber Optic Collapsible Ring to City & Industrial Park, ISDN, Centrex, Voice Mail.

Fire Protection provided byLancaster-basedvolunteer fire department (Fire Protection Class: 3)

Transportation

Highways

  • US Highway 61 and State Highways 35, 81 and 129 run through Lancaster
  • US Highway 18: 10 miles north
  • US Highway 151 (4 lane): 23 miles south
  • Nearest Interstate: I-90, 74 miles north
  • Next Nearest Interstates: I-90, 86 miles east; I-80, 97 miles south

Air Service

  • Lancaster Municipal Airport (2 miles south): 3,840-foot paved runway
  • Dubuque Regional Airport (39 miles south)
  • Dane County Regional Airport, Madison (88 miles east)

Rail Service

  • Burlington Northern (30 miles south)
  • Piggy-back available

Barge / Port

  • Facilities available at Dubuque (31 miles south)

Major Employers

  •          Manufacturing: Amcor(flexible printing), Foremost Farms USA (dairy products), Loudspeaker Components (electronics), Premier Co-op (agricultural XX), Skyline Homes (manufactured and modular housing)
Non-Manufacturing: City of Lancaster (local government),Grant County (civic, public safety, and social services), Grant Regional Health Center (hospital), Hurst Logistics (trucking and warehousing), Lancaster Community Schools (K-12 education), Lancaster Health Services and Orchard Manor (nursing homes), Piggly Wiggly (supermarket)