Local servicesHospitalSSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon9.2 miPost officeIna Post Office3.5 miTown hallIna City Hall3.5 miFire stationJefferson Fire Protection District Station 23.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeRend Lake College3.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportVeterans Airport of Southern Illinois MWA29 miMajor airportSt. Louis Lambert International Airport STL86 miInterstateI-572.9 miUS highwayUS 5114 miAmtrakDu Quoin, IL DQN18 miCoachMt. Vernon IL (MVI)Greyhound10 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 49 min5:33 am – 8:22 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 31 min7:08 am – 4:39 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 88°F, lows 68°FColdest month January: highs 40°F, lows 22°F46 in of rain a year, on about 73 dayswettest month April8 in of snow a year, on about 4 days35 days above 90°F, 100 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Rend Lake Dam station, 9 mi away; snow from Waltonville
Nearby landmarksRend Lake Collegecollege · 3.5 miRend Lakelake · 3.9 miRaw Water Reservoirreservoir · 3.8 miMine Number 21 Reservoirreservoir · 3.9 miEast Lake Impoundmentlake · 5.0 miMoores Hillpeak · 8.2 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsMt. Vernon Game Propagation Centerstate conservation land · 6.3 mi · 717 acresGolf Courserecreation area · 6.3 mi · 172 acresLincoln Parkrecreation area · 9.0 miTen Mile Creek State Fish and Wildlife Areastate conservation land · 11.8 mi · 2,754 acresShawnee National Forestnational forest · 33.7 mi · 273,666 acresKinkaid Lake Purchase Unitnational forest · 36.3 mi · 1,243 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes24 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.8 on 29 Jun 198442 mi away, near Harrisburg, IllinoisMost recent: magnitude 3.1 on 18 Dec 20238 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowJefferson County, IL, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsStrong wind Relatively HighWinter weather Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality68% of days had good air in 2025245 of 361 days measured116 moderate daysMedian index 42, worst day 98main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Hamilton County, IL, 24 mi away
Drinking waterMount Vernonserves 15,793 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 20213 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation428 ft130 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
