Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 51 min6:00 am – 8:51 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 29 min7:37 am – 5:06 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 65°FColdest month January: highs 43°F, lows 24°F53 in of rain a year, on about 91 dayswettest month June18 in of snow a year, on about 12 days23 days above 90°F, 116 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Clendenin station, 16 mi away
Nearby landmarksMount Pisgahpeak · 1.6 miChestnut Knobpeak · 2.1 miHerman Nelson Springspring · under a mileTaylor Fork Refuse Disposal Lakelake · 8.6 miHenderson Lakelake · 8.8 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsClay County Parkpark · 3.0 miWallback Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 6.2 mi · 12,560 acresMorris Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 12.0 mi · 8,860 acresGauley River National Recreation Areanational recreation area · 16.4 mi · 5,067 acresSummersville Recreation Arearecreation area · 16.0 mi · 9,810 acresCarnifex Ferry Battlefield State Parkstate park · 18.4 mi · 292 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes3 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.4 on 31 Mar 201317 mi away, West VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 31 Mar 201317 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowClay County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateAvalanche Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality77% of days had good air in 2025281 of 365 days measured84 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 69main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Kanawha County, WV, 28 mi away
Drinking waterClay-roane PSD (procious District)serves 2,199 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 202185 monitoring or reporting 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 servicesHospitalSummersville Regional Medical Center16.9 miPost officeClay Post Office2.0 miPoliceClay County Sheriff's Office1.8 miFire stationClay Volunteer Fire Department1.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 otherSchoolClay Christian Academyunder a mileMiddleClay County Middle School1.8 miElementaryClay County Elementary School1.9 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportYeager Airport CRW30 miMajor airportJohn Glenn Columbus International Airport CMH145 miInterstateI-798.4 miUS highwayUS 1914 miAmtrakMontgomery, WV MNG25 miCoachClendeninBarons Bus Lines17 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 25150 ZIP area.
