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 Elgin · updated 4 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
45GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 6μg/m³PM10 6μg/m³Ozone 86μg/m³NO₂ 6μg/m³
Water monitoring
No live streamgage nearby.
Active alerts
- ModerateHeat Advisory
Earthquakes · 30 days
✓ None ≥ M2.5 nearby
Superfund sites
49active in IL
Nearest: Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. · 6 km →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 45 (Good). Observed Sep 2, 10:00 AM.
6.2 μg/m³PM2.5
6.4 μg/m³PM10
86.0 μg/m³Ozone
6.2 μg/m³NO₂
2.4 μg/m³SO₂
173.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Active weather alerts1
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 3, 2:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued September 2 at 10:03AM CDT until September 2 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Winnebago; Boone; McHenry; Lake; Ogle; Lee; De Kalb; Kane; DuPage; La Salle; Kendall; Grundy; Kankakee; Livingston; Iroquois; Ford; Northern Cook; Central Cook; Southern Cook; Northern Will; Southern Will; Eastern Will; Lake; Porter; Newton; Jasper; Benton
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.
Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc.
South Elgin · NPL Site · 6 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, 3:57 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.