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 Richland · updated 18 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
26GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 2μg/m³PM10 2μg/m³Ozone 60μg/m³NO₂ 6μg/m³
Water monitoring
Yakima River At Van Giesen Br Near Richland, Wa · 4 km away
15.4 deg CWater temperature
291 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance
8.8 std unitspH
9.0 mg/lDissolved oxygen
Active alerts
✓ No active weather alerts
Earthquakes · 30 days
M2.6strongest within 250 km
23 km N of Trout Lake, Washington
1 quake ≥ M2.5
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 26 (Good). Observed Sep 29, 5:00 AM.
1.7 μg/m³PM2.5
2.0 μg/m³PM10
60.0 μg/m³Ozone
5.9 μg/m³NO₂
1.0 μg/m³SO₂
140.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Yakima River At Van Giesen Br Near Richland, Wa · 4 km away · 8 sites in range
15.4 deg CWater temperature · Sep 29, 12:00 PM
291 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance · Sep 29, 12:00 PM
8.8 std unitspH · Sep 29, 12:00 PM
9.0 mg/lDissolved oxygen · Sep 29, 12:00 PM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts0
✓ No active National Weather Service alerts for this area.
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days1
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
47 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in WA of 69 ever listed.
Hanford 300-Area (USDOE)
Benton County · NPL Site · 9 km away
The state’s energy ledger
What WA’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the WA energy dossier →Snapshot generated Sep 29, 12:20 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.