Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Valley, NE

Valley is a city in western Douglas County, Nebraska — an incorporated city in its own right on the western edge of the Omaha area, not merely a geographic valley.

Valley was laid out as a town in 1864, when it was certain that the Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad would be extended to that point, and it was named for the Platte River valley.

Valley had a population of 3,037 at the 2020 census, a jump of more than 60 percent from 1,875 in 2010 as growth spread west from Omaha.

At the 2010 census, Valley had 1,875 people living in 804 households.

Valley is home to the National Weather Service forecast office that serves Omaha and portions of eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa.

Valley sits between the Platte River and the Elkhorn River, and the city's own flood history counts the spring 2019 flood and the flood of 1978 as its two largest flood events.

In March 2019, floodwaters on the Platte and Elkhorn rivers cut off all roadways into Valley and forced residents to evacuate, and the city has since rebuilt its park, roads and water pumping system.

Because Valley participates in FEMA's Community Rating System program, its residents receive discounted flood insurance premiums.

Valley is served by Douglas County West Community Schools, the school district it shares with the neighboring village of Waterloo.

The city of Valley covers about 3.62 square miles, of which about 3.56 square miles is land.