Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 57 min5:59 am – 8:56 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 23 min7:42 am – 5:05 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 67°FColdest month January: highs 39°F, lows 16°F34 in of rain a year, on about 53 dayswettest month June18 in of snow a year, on about 9 days45 days above 90°F, 134 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Tuttle Creek Lake station, 14 mi away; snow from Fostoria 7 Nw
Nearby landmarksMount Ephraimpeak · 6.6 miScott Springspring · 6.6 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsTuttle Creek Recreation Arearecreation area · 3.5 mi · 34,548 acresPottawatomie State Fishing Lake No. 1 And Wildlifestate recreation area · 5.1 mi · 170 acresPottawatomie State Fishing Lakestate recreation area · 5.5 miTuttle Creek State Parksstate park · 9.4 mi · 1,082 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowPottawatomie County, KS, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality64% of days had good air in 2025234 of 365 days measured126 moderate, 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 2 unhealthy daysMedian index 44, worst day 238main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Shawnee County, KS, 49 mi away
Drinking waterPottawatomie Co Rwd 1serves 7,535 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,457 ft444 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalAscension Via Christi Hospital17.2 miPost officeOlsburg Post Office5.9 miTown hallWestmoreland City Hall5.8 miPolicePottawatomie County Sheriff's Office5.8 miFire stationPottawatomie County Fire District 6 Olsburg5.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportManhattan Regional Airport MHK22 miMajor airportKansas City International Airport MCI96 miInterstateI-7026 miUS highwayUS 7714 miAmtrakTopeka, KS TOP52 miCoachManhattan KSGreyhound18 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 66426 ZIP area.
