Environmental watch
What's in the air, water, and ground around here.
Live environmental OSINT for your community, pulled from public federal feeds — the EPA, the USGS, and the National Weather Service. No account, no tracking; every number links back to its public source. Auto-refreshes about every 30 minutes.
🌎 Environmental watch
Live public data for Ames · updated 36 min ago · showing last good readingAir quality
28GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 1μg/m³PM10 1μg/m³Ozone 49μg/m³NO₂ 8μg/m³
Water monitoring
No live streamgage nearby.
Active alerts
✓ No active weather alerts
Earthquakes · 30 days
✓ None ≥ M2.5 nearby
Sources: Open-Meteo Air Quality, USGS Water Services, National Weather Service, USGS Earthquake Catalog, EPA National Priorities List. All public, no personal data.
Air quality — full readout
US Air Quality Index 28 (Good). Observed Aug 15, 6:00 AM.
1.0 μg/m³PM2.5
1.1 μg/m³PM10
49.0 μg/m³Ozone
7.8 μg/m³NO₂
0.5 μg/m³SO₂
126.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Active weather alerts0
✓ No active National Weather Service alerts for this area.
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days0
✓ No earthquakes ≥ M2.5 within 250 km.
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
14 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in IA of 25 ever listed.
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The state’s energy ledger
What IA’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the IA energy dossier →Snapshot generated Aug 15, 11:45 AM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.