Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 0 min5:50 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 21 min7:36 am – 4:57 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 79°F, lows 56°FColdest month January: highs 34°F, lows 15°F56 in of rain a year, on about 112 dayswettest month June89 in of snow a year, on about 52 days0 days above 90°F, 138 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Chalk Hill 2 Ene station, 6 mi away
Nearby landmarksBrethren Summitpeak · 1.2 miDeer Lakelake · 5.7 miFayette County Visitor Information Centervisitor center · 4.4 miHeritage Lakelake · 4.5 miHager Hillpeak · 4.0 miFairchance Reservoirreservoir · 5.8 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsQuebec Run Wild Areastate wilderness · 1.7 mi · 6,069 acresFort Necessity National Battlefieldhistoric site · 3.1 mi · 908 acresGreat Meadows Amphitheatre Parkpark · 3.5 mi · 123 acresFarmington Ballfieldsrecreation area · 3.9 miOhiopyle State Parkstate park · 7.3 mi · 20,476 acresCoopers Rock State Park (Mont Chateau??)state park · 13.6 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateFayette County, PA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsRiver flooding Relatively ModerateLightning Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality79% of days had good air in 2025288 of 365 days measured77 moderate daysMedian index 40, worst day 93main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Fayette County monitors, PA
Drinking waterMawc Yough Plantserves 133,000 people from surface water2 health-based violations since 2021latest Oct 2022: haloacetic acids (HAA5), maximum contaminant level4 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,690 ft515 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalAnother Way4.4 miPost officeGibbon Glade Post Office3.1 miTown hallWharton Township Municipal Building4.3 miPoliceFairchance Police Department7.3 miFire stationFarmington Volunteer Fire Department Station 154.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeLaurel Business Institute10.2 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportMorgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field MGW17 miMajor airportPittsburgh International Airport PIT59 miInterstateI-687.6 miUS highwayUS 404.1 miAmtrakConnellsville, PA COV17 miCoachMorgantownBarons Bus Lines19 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 15439 ZIP area.
