Southwest Polk phosphate district future
Summary
118 acres of former phosphate mining land will shift to industrial for an HDPE pipe extrusion plant employing about 25 people. Commissioners questioned 10-mile fire and 18-mile ambulance response times; Mosaic cited its own emergency response team and a planned Bradley Junction fire station in 2027.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 7, 2026.
Impact analysis
About 25 jobs are planned at the new plant.
Mosaic and about 25 future workers at the consolidated plant.
Residential buyers seeking cheaper land in southwest Polk could face less available housing land.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Planning Commission — October 7, 2026
118 acres of former phosphate mining land will shift to industrial for an HDPE pipe extrusion plant employing about 25 people. Commissioners questioned 10-mile fire and 18-mile ambulance response times; Mosaic cited its own emergency response team and a planned Bradley Junction fire station in 2027.
Planning Commission — August 5, 2026
Nearly 50,000 acres of former phosphate mining land in southwest Polk are being eyed for industrial and job-creating redevelopment. An intern-built scoring tool ranks 399 parcels to help the county protect the corridor for employment uses before it's lost to housing.
Planning Commission — July 8, 2026
Two county-initiated changes convert about 183 acres of old phosphate-mining land to agricultural residential rural, finally giving rural entitlements to dozens of lots — many with homes dating to the 1960s — that were stuck in a mining designation.
Planning Commission — May 6, 2026
Three county-initiated fixes reclassified historically residential parcels mislabeled as phosphate mining to agricultural/residential rural, giving homeowners proper residential entitlements without fees.
Related development
Pipe Extrusion Plant CPA
Adds industrial capability in a rural phosphate area; the plant would supply Mosaic and potentially other buyers.
Parrish and Keller ARR (LDCPAL-2025-3)
Saves affected residents the several-thousand-dollar cost of petitioning for the correction themselves.
LDCPAS-2025-12 Keller Road PM to A/RR CPA
Gives longtime homeowners legitimate residential entitlements for financing, permits and resale.
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