City of Soda Springs

What City of Soda Springs does

The City of Soda Springs is a municipal government entity serving approximately 3,000 residents in Caribou County, southeast Idaho, operating as a political subdivision of the State of Idaho under an elected Mayor and City Council. It delivers the standard suite of municipal services: utilities (with online billing via Payment Service Network and Direct Pay enrollment), police, volunteer fire protection, planning and zoning, business and animal licensing, public works, and a publicly owned general aviation airport (Allen H. Tigert Airport, FAA Identifier U78). The city also coordinates regional public transportation through partnerships with Pocatello Regional Transit (serving Caribou, Bear Lake, and Bannock counties) and Salt Lake Express, and operates an online municipal information portal built on the Revize CMS.

Its core products and services extend to recreation programs (youth and adult sports leagues including baseball, basketball, soccer, softball, volleyball, flag football, T-ball, and tournaments), and a multi-park municipal park system including Kelly Park (20+ acres with fishing ponds, disc golf, cross-country ski trails, and bike park), Hooper Springs Park, Octagon Springs Park, Corrigan Park, and Geyser Park. The city's most distinctive technical asset is the Soda Springs Captive Geyser, a novel mechanical-timer-controlled system installed over a carbon dioxide gas chamber struck in 1937 at 315 feet underground; it erupts to 70 feet every hour on the hour and is the only captive geyser in the world.

The revenue model combines tax-based municipal funding with fee-based transactional revenue: business license fees ranging from $25 (basic, up to 5 employees) to $562.50 (liquor licenses for populations over 3,000), dog/animal licenses ($5-$15), park pavilion rentals ($10-$70 depending on size and resident status), and usage-based fees such as the airport courtesy car at $0.50 per mile. No revenue or budget figures are publicly disclosed. The customer base is segmented horizontally into city residents (primary), local businesses (licensing/permitting), and visitors/tourists drawn by the captive geyser and Oregon Trail heritage sites. Go-to-market is delivered via in-person City Hall service, the online portal, Facebook pages (city and recreation), an E-Notify email newsletter, and a community event calendar.

Name

City of Soda Springs

Legal name

City of Soda Springs

Website

https://sodaspringsid.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1860

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The City of Soda Springs is the municipal government of Soda Springs, Idaho, serving approximately 3,000 residents with utilities, police, fire, parks, recreation, airport, and business licensing services, and is notable as home to the world's only captive geyser.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions (71219)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAF

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYTHAAABAH

Water Park Concessions & Guest Services (Food, Retail, Lockers, Cabanas)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/Water Parks

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public utilities management
• Parks and recreation programs
• Business licensing services
• Public transportation coordination

Headquarters

HQ city

Soda Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The City of Soda Springs operates the municipal government for the city of Soda Springs, Idaho, delivering public-sector services including utility billing, police and fire protection, business and animal licensing, planning and zoning, public records, and permitting. The city also runs parks, recreation sports programs, the publicly-owned Allen H. Tigert Airport, and coordinates regional public transportation services for residents and visitors.

Product overview

The City of Soda Springs website functions as an informational portal for municipal government services rather than a unified software product. The city's offerings include a comprehensive recreation program with youth and adult sports leagues, the public Allen H. Tigert Airport (U78), business licensing and permitting services, public transportation coordination, and park facilities including Kelly Park (with fishing ponds, disc golf, and ski trails), Geyser Park (home to the only captive geyser in the world), and Hooper Springs Park.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Allen H. Tigert Airport: Public airport owned by the City of Soda Springs, FAA identifier U78, located 1 mile SE of Soda Springs, ID with two runways (16/34 and 13/31).
• Soda Springs Police Department
• Soda Springs Volunteer Fire Department
• Soda Springs Recreation Department
• Geyser Park

Products and services

• Recreation Programs Comprehensive recreation program offerings including baseball, basketball, flag football, soccer, softball, volleyball, T-ball, Coach Pitch, Itty Bitty Ball, and Slam 'N Jam tournaments for youth and adults ages 3 and up.
• Allen H. Tigert Airport Services Public-use airport (FAA Identifier: U78) offering runway facilities, fuel services (100LL), tiedown parking, and courtesy car transportation. Located 1 mile SE of Soda Springs with two runways (16/34 and 13/31).
• Business Licensing Business license application and permitting services including food trucks, traveling concessions, beer, wine, and liquor licenses, and alcohol catering permits. Pricing ranges from $25 for basic business/food truck licenses (up to 5 employees) to $562.50 for liquor licenses.
• Public Transportation Transportation coordination services through Pocatello Regional Transit (PRT) offering demand-response transit within Soda Springs, Caribou County, Bear Lake County, and Bannock County, plus connection to Salt Lake Express intercity bus service.
• Kelly Park 20+ acre municipal park featuring softball fields, youth fishing ponds, disc golf course, cross-country ski trails, ice skating rink, bike park, playground, and pavilion facilities.
• Geyser Park Public park home to the world's only captive geyser, which erupts 70 feet into the air every hour on the hour via mechanical timer controls. Includes visitor center, restrooms, and picnic areas.
• Hooper Springs Park Park featuring natural soda water springs with 160+ years of history, pavilion, restrooms, playground, basketball court, and picnic areas. Located two miles north of downtown Soda Springs.
• Animal/Dog Licensing Animal licensing services including dog licenses ($5.00 if spayed/neutered, $15.00 if intact) and kennel licenses ($20.00 plus individual licenses).
• Municipal Utility Services Municipal utility billing services including new utility service applications, recurring direct pay enrollment, and online utility bill payment through the Payment Service Network portal.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• City of Ketchum, Idaho: A larger Idaho resort municipality adjoining Sun Valley that operates a similar slate of services but at substantially higher per-capita tax capacity. Comparable as a municipal-government-and-tourism operator, but with far stronger fiscal leverage.
• Town of Jackson, Wyoming: A mountain resort town government that operates municipal utilities, parks, recreation, an airport, and licensing services much like Soda Springs, but with a much larger population, higher tourism volume, and proportionally larger budget. Useful as an aspirational peer for the operational model.

Direct peers

• Town of West Yellowstone, Montana: A small Montana gateway town on the west entrance to Yellowstone National Park that runs comparable municipal services around a single dominant tourism attraction — functionally the closest analogue to Soda Springs' geyser-driven tourism dependency.
• City of Montpelier, Idaho: A small southeastern Idaho city (Bear Lake region) with similar municipal services, parks, recreation programs, and a heritage/tourism orientation. Direct geographic and demographic peer to Soda Springs.
• City of Stanley, Idaho: A very small Idaho mountain town that operates municipal services and rec programs while serving as the gateway community to the Sawtooth and White Cloud wilderness areas. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and tourism dependency.
• City of McCall, Idaho: A small Idaho mountain town of similar size (~3,900 residents) that operates municipal utilities, parks, recreation leagues, a public airport, and an active tourism board anchored around Payette Lake. Functionally the closest analogue to Soda Springs: small-town municipal government with a recreation-and-tourism-led identity.
• City of Driggs, Idaho: A small Idaho city (~1,800 residents) that serves as a gateway community for Grand Targhee Resort, with similar municipal utilities, parks, recreation programming, and tourism positioning in eastern Idaho. Comparable in scale, geography, and economic reliance on outdoor recreation tourism.
• City of Wallace, Idaho: A small historic Idaho city in the Silver Valley that operates municipal services on a slim budget while leaning heavily on heritage-driven tourism and a public airport. Directly comparable in size, service breadth, and tourism-led revenue model.
• City of Salmon, Idaho: A small rural Idaho city (~3,100 residents) on the Salmon River that operates a full suite of municipal services — police, fire, utilities, parks, recreation, and airport — and serves as an outdoor recreation gateway. Closely comparable in scale and service mix.
• City of Cascade, Idaho: A small rural Idaho city at the south end of Cascade Lake with comparable municipal services, parks, recreation leagues, and a recreation/tourism-led economy. Similar population size and rural-mountain-West operating profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sodaspringsidaho

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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