Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 45 min6:30 am – 9:16 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 35 min8:02 am – 5:37 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 69°FColdest month January: highs 43°F, lows 25°F49 in of rain a year, on about 81 dayswettest month April8 in of snow a year, on about 3 days56 days above 90°F, 93 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Providence station, 11 mi away; snow from Jt Myers Locks & Dam
Parks and public landsBig Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Foreststate conservation land · 3.9 mi · 7,575 acresMoffit Lake Recerational Areapark · 7.1 mi · 127 acresHigginson-Henry Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 8.6 mi · 5,451 acresDam 50 Recreational Areapark · 8.9 miCave-In-Rock State Parkstate park · 12.1 mi · 188 acresLee K. Nelson Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 13.1 mi · 60 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes8 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.6 on 18 Jun 200236 mi away, near Parkers Settlement, IndianaMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 30 May 202333 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowUnion County, KY, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality91% of days had good air in 2025306 of 338 days measured31 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 35, worst day 105main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Posey County, IN, 37 mi away
Drinking waterUnion County Water Districtserves 6,117 people from surface water purchased18 health-based violations since 2021latest Jan 2026: trihalomethanes (TTHM), maximum contaminant levelSource: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation439 ft134 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalMethodist Hospital Union County9.3 miPost officeSullivan Post Officeunder a mileTown hallSturgis City Hall4.7 miPoliceSturgis Police Department4.6 miFire stationSullivan Community Fire Departmentunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportEvansville Regional Airport EVV43 miMajor airportNashville International Airport BNA117 miInterstateI-6924 miUS highwayUS 60under a mileAmtrakCarbondale, IL CDL72 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 42460 ZIP area.
