POPULATION:  

VITAL STATISTICS:

Park Hills covers an area of 5.43 square miles (13.610 square kilometers) within Saint Francois County, Missouri (FIPS Code MO187). The City lies at the coordinates: Longitude -90.51587 and Latitude 37.855270 approximately 70 miles south of St. Louis. In 1999 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 9,227. Elevations in the city range from approximately 700 feet above mean sea level up to 1,002 feet MSL. In 1994 Park Hills was consolidated from the cities of Elvins, Esther, Flat River and the village of Rivermines.

CLIMATE, SOIL, AND GEOLOGY:

The climate of Park Hills is temperate, with four distinct seasons. Summer temperatures reach the mid to upper 80's (F) while low temperatures in the winter fall below freezing. In the autumn the hardwood trees of the Ozarks offer a dazzling spectacle of colors. The earliest killing frost normally occurs in October. The average annual temperature is 55 degrees (F). The coldest month is January (29 degree average) and the warmest month is July (76.8 degree average). Average annual rainfall is 41.0 inches, and snowfall averages 13.7 inches. The average relative humidity is 60% at mid-afternoon. The prevailing wind comes from the south and reaches 12 miles per hour in early spring.

The surface soils of Park Hills area consist of a silt-loam of silty-clay-loam texture with clay often underlain at depths of one to two feet by clay-silt or clay. The bedrock underlying Park Hills consists of dolomite (similar to limestone).