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 Hickory · updated 10 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
48GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 10μg/m³PM10 10μg/m³Ozone 96μg/m³NO₂ 2μg/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 48 (Good). Observed Sep 29, 11:00 AM.
9.5 μg/m³PM2.5
9.7 μg/m³PM10
96.0 μg/m³Ozone
1.9 μg/m³NO₂
2.3 μg/m³SO₂
140.0 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
38 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in NC of 42 ever listed.
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The state’s energy ledger
What NC’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the NC energy dossier →Snapshot generated Sep 29, 3:50 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.