# Iowa Code § 459B.202: Distance requirements > Iowa · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.202 ## Section - **Citation:** Iowa Code § 459B.202 - **Heading:** Distance requirements - **Jurisdiction:** Iowa - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459B / Section 459B.202 ## Text (1) Except as provided in subsection 3, the following shall apply: (1) (a) A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than five hundred feet away from the surface intake of an agricultural drainage well. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than one thousand feet from a wellhead, cistern of an agricultural drainage well, or known sinkhole. (1) (b) A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed if the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure as constructed is closer than any of the following: (1) (b) Two hundred feet away from a water source other than a major water source. (1) (b) One thousand feet away from a major water source. (1) (b) Two thousand five hundred feet away from a designated wetland. (1) (c) A water source, other than a major water source, shall not be constructed, expanded, or diverted if the water source as constructed, expanded, or diverted is closer than two hundred feet away from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure. (1) (c) A major water source shall not be constructed, expanded, or diverted if the major water source as constructed, expanded, or diverted is closer than one thousand feet from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure. (1) (c) A designated wetland shall not be established if the designated wetland is closer than two thousand five hundred feet away from a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure. (2) A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed on land that is part of a one hundred year floodplain. (3) A separation distance required in subsection 1 shall not apply to any of the following: (3) (a) A location or object and a farm pond or privately owned lake, as defined in section 462A.2. (3) (b) A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure constructed with a secondary containment barrier. The department shall adopt rules providing for the construction and use of a secondary containment barrier. 2009 Acts, ch 155, §10, 18 ## Nearby sections - [Iowa Code § 459B.101 Title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.101.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.102 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.102.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.103 Special terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.103.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.104 General authority — commission and department — purpose — compliance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.104.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.201 Construction design standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.201.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.202 Distance requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.202.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.301 Stockpiling — air quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.301.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.305 Dry bedded manure control — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.305.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.306 Stockpiling — NPDES requirements — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.306.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.307 Stockpiling — state requirements — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.307.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.308 Manure management plan for a dry bedded confinement feeding operation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.308.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.401 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.401.md) - [Iowa Code § 459B.402 Violations civil penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.402.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.202. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.