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 Moines · updated 1 d ago · showing last good readingAir quality
57ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 9μg/m³PM10 9μg/m³Ozone 110μg/m³NO₂ 4μg/m³
Water monitoring
Des Moines River At 2Nd Avenue At Des Moines, Ia · 1.5 km away
544 ft3/sStreamflow
15.02 ftGage height
Active alerts
- ModerateHeat Advisory
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 57 (Moderate). Observed Sep 1, 12:00 PM.
9.1 μg/m³PM2.5
9.3 μg/m³PM10
110.0 μg/m³Ozone
4.3 μg/m³NO₂
1.2 μg/m³SO₂
131.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Des Moines River At 2Nd Avenue At Des Moines, Ia · 1.5 km away · 25 sites in range
544 ft3/sStreamflow · Sep 1, 5:15 PM
15.02 ftGage height · Sep 1, 5:15 PM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts1
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 3, 12:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued September 1 at 8:00AM CDT until September 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis
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.
Des Moines TCE
Des Moines · NPL Site · 3 km away
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 Sep 1, 5:40 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.