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 Des Plaines · updated 13 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
90ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 8μg/m³PM10 8μg/m³Ozone 118μg/m³NO₂ 12μg/m³
Water monitoring
No live streamgage nearby.
Active alerts
- SevereFlood Watch
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 90 (Moderate). Observed Aug 14, 6:00 PM.
7.9 μg/m³PM2.5
7.9 μg/m³PM10
118.0 μg/m³Ozone
12.0 μg/m³NO₂
1.6 μg/m³SO₂
196.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Active weather alerts1
SevereFlood Watchuntil Aug 15, 3:00 PM
Flood Watch issued August 14 at 12:01PM CDT until August 15 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Ogle; Lee; De Kalb; Kane; DuPage; Kendall; Northern Cook; Central Cook; Southern Cook; Northern Will
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days0
✓ No earthquakes ≥ M2.5 within 250 km.
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
49 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in IL of 56 ever listed.
Kerr-McGee (Residential Areas)
DuPage County, West Chicago · NPL Site · 32 km away
The state’s energy ledger
What IL’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the IL energy dossier →Snapshot generated Aug 14, 11:17 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.