Local servicesHospitalSaint Francis Medical Center14.1 miPost officePocahontas Post Officeunder a mileTown hallJackson City Hall8.3 miPoliceCape Girardeau County Sheriff's Office8.2 miFire stationFruitland Area Fire Protection District Station 12.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeSoutheast Missouri State University14.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportCape Girardeau Regional Airport CGI19 miMajor airportSt. Louis Lambert International Airport STL95 miInterstateI-551.9 miUS highwayUS 611.2 miAmtrakArcadia, MO ACD54 miCoachCape Girardeau Leming LaneGreyhound14 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 45 min5:37 am – 8:23 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 35 min7:09 am – 4:43 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 90°F, lows 69°FColdest month January: highs 41°F, lows 24°F50 in of rain a year, on about 77 dayswettest month May8 in of snow a year, on about 3 days57 days above 90°F, 91 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Jackson station, 9 mi away
Parks and public landsApple Creek Conservation Areastate conservation land · 4.5 mi · 2,117 acresTrail Of Tears State Parkstate park · 7.8 mi · 3,017 acresMiddle Mississippi Purchase Unitnational forest · 9.3 mi · 3,877 acresBrookside Parkpark · 7.4 miMaintz Wildlife Preservestate conservation land · 8.2 mi · 843 acresLitz Parkpark · 7.8 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes24 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.8 on 26 Sep 199024 mi away, near Chaffee, MissouriMost recent: magnitude 3.5 on 1 May 201641 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateCape Girardeau County, MO, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Relatively HighWinter weather Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality68% of days had good air in 2025248 of 364 days measured115 moderate, 1 unhealthy daysMedian index 43, worst day 161main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Randolph County, IL, 40 mi away
Drinking waterCape Girardeau PWSserves 39,941 people from ground water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Apr 2025: Groundwater, treatment technique5 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation584 ft178 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
