Local servicesHospitalCarilion Tazewell Community Hospital9.5 miPost officeAmonate Post Officeunder a mileTown hallWar City Hall8.1 miPoliceWar Police Department8.1 miFire stationDicks Creek - Amonate - Dry Fork Volunteer Fire Department1.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportRaleigh County Memorial Airport BKW50 miMajor airportPiedmont Triad International Airport GSO121 miInterstateI-8125 miUS highwayUS 195.5 miAmtrakHinton, WV HIN53 miCoachBluefield Bus StopGreyhound23 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 24601 ZIP area.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 24601 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 43 min6:06 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 36 min7:36 am – 5:12 pm
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People0 residentsin the ZIP code area0 householdsSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 83°F, lows 62°FColdest month January: highs 44°F, lows 23°F45 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month July18 in of snow a year, on about 10 days6 days above 90°F, 126 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Richlands station, 11 mi away
Parks and public landsBerwind Lake Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.8 mi · 91 acresCavitts Creek Parkpark · 6.6 mi · 231 acresLincolnshire Parkpark · 8.5 miJefferson National Forestnational forest · 19.8 mi · 711,977 acresPinnacle Rock State Parkstate park · 20.6 mi · 393 acresHungry Mother State Parkstate park · 20.6 mi · 202 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes9 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19704 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.3 on 23 Nov 200619 mi away, near Raven, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 4.3 on 23 Nov 200619 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowTazewell County, VA, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateCold wave Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality88% of days had good air in 2025322 of 365 days measured43 moderate daysMedian index 34, worst day 77main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Pike County, KY, 47 mi away
Drinking waterTown of Bluefieldserves 5,811 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1,875 ft572 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
