The corporate limits of the city of Ida Grove, Iowa as of August 20, 2001 are:

Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section Fourteen (Sec. 14), Township Eighty-seven North (T87N), Range Forty West (R40W) of the Fifth Principal Meridian, Ida County, Iowa which is the Point of Beginning; thence West 5,280 feet, more or less, along the North line of said Sec. 14, to the Northwest corner of said Sec. 14; thence South 2,640 feet, more or less, along the West line of said Sec. 14, to the West Quarter corner of said Sec. 14; thence West along the North line of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15, T87N, R40W for 1,320 feet, more or less, to the Northwest corner of the NE 1/4 – SE 1/4 of Section 15; thence South along the 1/4 – 1/4 section line for 133 feet, more or less, to the West right-of-way line of the County road, which is the Easterly line of Lot Y of the E 1/2 of said Sec. 15; thence Northwesterly along the East line of said Lot Y for 464 feet, more or less, to the Easterly most corner of Lot 1 of Lot Y; thence Southwesterly along the South line of Lot 1 of Lot Y for 183 feet, more or less; thence West 116 feet, more or less, to the West line of said Lot Y; thence South 643 feet, more or less, along the West line of said Lot Y to the centerline of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, now abandoned; thence West along the centerline of said railroad for 3,461.33 feet to the West line of the Southwest Quarter of said Sec. 15; thence South 1,770.4 feet, more or less, along the West line of the Southwest Quarter of said Sec. 15 to the Southwest corner of said Sec. 15, which is also the Northwest corner of Section 22, T87N, R40W; thence East 1,320 feet, more or less, along the North line of the Northwest Quarter of said Sec. 22 to the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 – NW 1/4); thence South 600 feet, more or less, along the West line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 – NW 1/4); thence South 52° 53' 49" East 405.04 feet, more or less, to a point on the Northerly right-of-way of the now established County road; thence Northeasterly along said right-of-way 80.00 feet along the arc of a 995.0 foot radius curve concave Southeasterly with a long chord which bears South 57° 43' 34" West for 80.00 feet; thence South 40.00 feet, more or less, parallel to the East line of the NW 1/4 of said Sec. 22 to a point on the centerline of the County road, said point also being the Southwest corner of Schmidt’s First Addition; thence South 00° 14' 53" West, more or less parallel to the East line of the NW 1/4 of said Sec. 22, 472.95 feet to the South line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Sec. 22; thence North 89° 52' 45" East 936.14 feet along the South line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Sec. 22 to the Southeast (SE) corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of said Sec. 22 thence East 3,960 feet, more or less, to the Northwest corner of the SE 1/4 NW 1/4 of Sec. 23, T87N, R40W; thence South along the 1/4-1/4 section line 3,961.85 feet to the Southwest corner of the SE 1/4 – SW 1/4 of said Sec. 23; thence East 1,328.21 feet along the South line of said SE 1/4 – SW 1/4 to the South Quarter corner of said Sec. 23; thence North along quarter section line 3,962.83 feet to the Northwest corner of the SW 1/4 – NE 1/4 of said Sec. 23; thence East 612.57 feet, more or less, along the North line of said SW 1/4 – NE 1/4; thence South 180 feet; thence East 707.43 feet parallel to the North line of said SW 1/4 – NE 1/4, to the West line on the SE 1/4 – NE 1/4 of said Sec. 23 thence South 1,141.0 feet along the West line of said SE 1/4 – NE 1/4 to the Southwest corner of said SE 1/4 – NE 1/4; thence East 1,325.65 feet, along the South line of said SE 1/4 – NE 1/4, to the East Quarter corner of said Sec. 23; thence North along the section line 931.20 feet; thence South 89° 53' East 1,000.00 feet; thence North 29° 15' West 495.07 feet; thence North 58° 09' West 282.07 feet; thence Northwesterly 640.00 feet along the arc of a 2,981.0 foot radius curve concave northeasterly and tangent to the preceding and following courses; thence North 45° 19' West 14.91 feet to the East line of Sec. 23; thence North 728.43 feet to the Southeast corner of Sec. 14; thence North 5,280 feet, more or less, along the East line of Sec. 14 to the Point of Beginning, containing 1,355.97 acres, more or less.