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 12 min agoAir quality
100ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 16μg/m³PM10 17μg/m³Ozone 149μg/m³NO₂ 7μg/m³
Water monitoring
No live streamgage nearby.
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 100 (Moderate). Observed Sep 2, 5:00 PM.
16.1 μg/m³PM2.5
16.7 μg/m³PM10
149.0 μg/m³Ozone
6.6 μg/m³NO₂
2.9 μg/m³SO₂
159.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Active weather alerts1
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 3, 2:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued September 2 at 2:47PM CDT until September 2 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Winnebago; Boone; McHenry; Lake; Kane; DuPage; Northern Cook; Central Cook; Southern Cook
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 Sep 2, 10:15 PM. All data is public and carries no personal information.