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 Cape Girardeau · updated 45 min ago · showing last good readingAir quality
44GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 8μg/m³PM10 9μg/m³Ozone 123μg/m³NO₂ 1μg/m³
Water monitoring
Mississippi River At Cape Girardeau, Mo · 0.4 km away
11.88 ftGage height
28.3 deg CWater temperature
564 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance
8.2 std unitspH
Active alerts
- SevereExtreme Heat Warning
Earthquakes · 30 days
M2.6strongest within 250 km
6 km ENE of Steele, Missouri
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 44 (Good). Observed Sep 2, 2:00 PM.
8.1 μg/m³PM2.5
9.4 μg/m³PM10
123.0 μg/m³Ozone
0.9 μg/m³NO₂
0.8 μg/m³SO₂
116.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Mississippi River At Cape Girardeau, Mo · 0.4 km away · 12 sites in range
11.88 ftGage height · Sep 2, 7:00 PM
28.3 deg CWater temperature · Sep 2, 6:45 PM
564 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance · Sep 2, 6:45 PM
8.2 std unitspH · Sep 2, 6:45 PM
7.1 mg/lDissolved oxygen · Sep 2, 6:45 PM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts1
SevereExtreme Heat Warninguntil Sep 6, 1:00 AM
Extreme Heat Warning issued September 2 at 1:12PM CDT until September 5 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY
Jefferson; Wayne; Edwards; Wabash; Perry; Franklin; Hamilton; White; Jackson; Williamson; Saline; Gallatin; Union; Johnson; Pope; Hardin; Alexander; Pulaski; Massac; Gibson; Pike; Posey; Vanderburgh; Warrick; Spencer; Fulton; Hickman; Carlisle; Ballard; McCracken; Graves; Livingston; Marshall; Calloway; Crittenden; Lyon; Trigg; Caldwell; Union; Webster; Hopkins; Christian; Henderson; Daviess; McLean; Muhlenberg; Todd; Perry; Bollinger; Cape Girardeau; Wayne; Carter; Ripley; Butler; Stoddard; Scott; Mississippi; New Madrid
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days1
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
33 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in MO of 39 ever listed.
Missouri Electric Works
Cape Girardeau · NPL Site · 4 km away
The state’s energy ledger
What MO’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the MO energy dossier →Snapshot generated Sep 2, 7:25 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.