Kevin D. Rasmussen, Phelps County Assessor, 911

[Example of Address Sign]

County 911 Addresses

On behalf of the newly formed Phelps County Emergency Services Board, the Phelps County Assessor's office is providing county 911 addressing services. Please note that most of the cities assign their own addresses. If you are in the county and need a 911 address to have your utilities or phone connected, or have new addressable construction, or are establishing any kind of new living accommodations that will require a mailbox or a phone connection, you will need to come to the courthouse to have a 911 address assigned.

Having an established 911 address is important for several reasons but primarily, in the event one has to call 911 dispatch from their home phone, dispatch will already know where to send emergency responders. So be sure to properly post the address at the intersection of the driveway and public roadway, on the structure, and of course on the mailbox.

Update pages or new additions to the 911 responder's book, 2006 Map Guide to Rural Addresses, can be downloaded at the assessor's Online Data page.

The county ordinance regarding the posting of address signs reads as follows:


POSTING OF NUMBERS

     Reflective numbers and letters indicating the official property 
     number designation shall be posted by the addressee or property owner.   
     The following is to be adhered to regarding posting of the addresses:

     1.   White reflective numbers and letters shall be three (3")
          inches in height.  These numbers shall be posted on a
          highway grade  signboard  measuring  six  (6")  inches
          horizontally by eighteen (18") inches vertically with the
          background color of red on both faces.  The numbers shall
          be positioned on both faces of the sign with the thousand
          numerals being placed side by side (horizontally) at the
          top and the hundred numerals positioned vertically down
          the sign.

     2.   The number sign shall be posted at the residence and/or
          business entrance(s) driveway(s) in such a position and
          in such proximity as to indicate how emergency responders
          may gain access to the residence and/or business.  The
          sign shall be posted not less than twenty-four  (24")
          inches from the ground and so that the numbered surfaces
          of the sign will face approaching emergency responders.

     3.   In the event that two or more residences and/or
          businesses are located on a driveway, lane, street or
          other described thoroughfare that is not identified and
          marked as a private drive or other official road by the
          Phelps County Commission, an agency of the State of
          Missouri, or other Federal authority, the owner and/or
          occupant(s) shall post an approved address sign for each
          such residence and/or business at the point where that
          driveway, lane, street or other described thoroughfare
          intersects with an officially marked roadway.  A second
          identical approved address sign shall then be posted, in
          accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 above, at the entrance
          driveway lane or other vehicle access entry-way to each
          such residence and/or business where it intersects with
          that unidentified  driveway,  lane,  street  or  other
          described thoroughfare.

As of May 1, 2011 these address signs are available from the following:
- F Y C (For Your Convenience) Custom Graphics, St. James 573-265-6714
- Rolla Area Sheltered Workshop, 573-364-2883.
- Posts are available at Lowes Home Improvement in Rolla, 573-364-4424. Ask for item # 92064, a 5' Light-Duty Steel Fence Post.
- In time other area agencies and vendors may be offering address sign materials.
For further information please call the County Addressing phone number at 573-458-6142.