Nevada County Census Block Groups (CGBs) and Broadband Internet Service

Below is a map that shows Census Block Group 0901001 in Nevada County.
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Northeast and East Central Nevada County
East of Nevada 249 then north of Nevada 41, Nevada 408, Nevada 16, east of Lackland Road (Nevada 290) to a point just south of Caney Creek then south of a westward line to Caney Creek, then east of Caney Creek, north of Nevada 76 and US 278 to the Ouachita County and Clark County lines. Includes part of Redland, Bluff City, and Young.

Current Broadband Internet:

South Central Connect already serves its electrical customers and the Bluff City area with broadband internet.

Currently Funded Broadband Internet:

South Central Connect has RDOF funding for some of this area.
RDOF grants must be completed within six years of the award date, so that means before the end of 2028.

BEAD Grant:

SpaceX is the BEAD grant selectee for the 62 unserved, underserved and unfunded locations in this area, the Nevada County portion of Project Area Footprint 238.
BEAD grants must be completed within four years of the award date, so that means before the end of 2030.
President Trump's "Benefit of the Bargain" replaced the originally-planned fiber optic service for these 61 locations with low earth orbit (LEO) satellite service, which is generally regarded as having lower speed potential and carrying a much higher price for end users than that of fiber optic service.
The Nevada County Broadband Committee has grave concerns for permanently impaired internet service to these 10 locations because BEAD and other grants did not provide the funding and ISPs may never find other means to extend fiber optic internet service:
- 116 Highway 368, Prescott
- 124 Ada Street, Reader
- 166 County Road 424 (Buster Green Road), Bluff City
- 252 County Road 447 (Joey Pittman Road), Rosston
- 140 Nevada 46, Rosston
- 1244 County Road 46, Rosston
- 144 Nevada 429, Rosston
- 1011 Nevada 16, Prescott
- 1107 County Road 16, Prescott
- 238 Lackland Road (Nevada 290), Prescott (appears to be misplaced on map, and if it's in SCC area, it's OK)
The Committee has concern about the impairment of internet service for the remaining 51 locations until private ISPs find other means to extend fiber optic services, which we believe will happen in time:
- Nevada 249, 9 locations (739, 749, 751, 767, 809, 903, 945, 951, and 1032), are across the road from Brightspeed BEAD Grant locations.
- Highway 24, 18 locations (2480, 2518, 2576, 2636, 2704, 2898, 2914, 2946, 3187, 3210, 3218, 3250, 3256, 3272, 3328, 3370, 3435, and 3448), are across the highway from RDOF grants to South Central Connect. The first few are close to Nevada 249 are adjacent to Brightspeed BEAD Grant locations.
- Nevada 409, 3 locations (224, 226 and 246), are not far from current South Central Connect RDOF locations on the road and across Highway 24.
- 157 Nevada 290 is across the road from South Central Connect RDOF funding.
- 100 Nevada 173 Bldg 2 is about 1/2 mile from 100 Nevada 173 RDOF funded to South Central Connect.
- Highway 76, 5 locations (585, 607, 679, 1015 and 1107), are across the road from Brightspeed BEAD or just down the road between other funded locations.
- Nevada 171 (Berry Road), 14 locations (149, 159, 169, 179, 213, 214, 219, 293, 299, 299 Bldg 2, 507, 511, 541, and 541 Bldg 2), are just north of Waterloo and other Brightspeed BEAD grant locations.

Possibilities:

Brightspeed provides telephone service in parts of this area. It is likely to offer broadband internet service when it converts from copper to fiber optic lines.

Census Block Group 050990901001
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Source for the KML data that outlines this map is from Tiger at U.S. Census: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/kml-cartographic-boundary-files.html.