Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 47 min6:10 am – 8:57 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 33 min7:43 am – 5:16 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 44°F, lows 23°F46 in of rain a year, on about 88 dayswettest month July12 in of snow a year, on about 10 days21 days above 90°F, 113 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Salyersville Wtr Wks station, 4 mi away; rain from Paintsville 1e; snow from W Liberty 3nw
Nearby landmarksCotton Knobpeak · 1.7 miStuffley Knobpeak · 4.9 miMiddle Fork Licking Riverriver · 6.4 miDawkins Line Rail Trail Swamp Branch Trailheadtrailhead · 6.5 miDawkins Line Rail Trail Jane Beshear Trailheadtrailhead · 7.3 miLeft Fork Licking Riverriver · 7.8 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsPaintsville Recreation Arearecreation area · 5.3 mi · 13,186 acresRamey Memorial Parkpark · 4.0 miPaintsville Lake Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.7 mi · 11,222 acresPaintsville Lake State Parkstate park · 8.2 mi · 190 acresDawkins Line Rail Trailstate park · 9.5 mi · 455 acresJenny Wiley State Resort Parkstate park · 15.3 mi · 1,423 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes8 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19702 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.4 on 7 Sep 198850 mi away, near Camargo, KentuckyMost recent: magnitude 4.2 on 10 Nov 201245 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowMagoffin County, KY, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateWildfire Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality95% of days had good air in 2025337 of 356 days measured19 moderate daysMedian index 35, worst day 87main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Morgan County, KY, 17 mi away
Drinking waterMagoffin County Water Districtserves 8,925 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,010 ft308 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalPaintsville ARH Hospital11.0 miPost officeFalcon Post Officeunder a mileTown hallSalyersville City Hall3.8 miPoliceSalyersville Police Department3.8 miFire stationSalyersville Fire Department3.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeBig Sandy Community and Technical College12.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportTri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field HTS47 miMajor airportCincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport CVG125 miInterstateI-6437 miUS highwayUS 4601.9 miAmtrakAshland, KY AKY52 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 41426 ZIP area.
