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 Independence · updated 9 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
58ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 13μg/m³PM10 14μg/m³Ozone 54μg/m³NO₂ 8μg/m³
Water monitoring
Rock Creek At E Wilson Road In Independence, Mo · 5.3 km away
0.13 ft3/sStreamflow
9.36 ftGage height
25.4 deg CWater temperature
770 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance
Active alerts
- ModerateHeat Advisory
- UnknownAir Quality Alert
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 58 (Moderate). Observed Sep 2, 6:00 AM.
13.1 μg/m³PM2.5
13.6 μg/m³PM10
54.0 μg/m³Ozone
7.8 μg/m³NO₂
2.0 μg/m³SO₂
130.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Rock Creek At E Wilson Road In Independence, Mo · 5.3 km away · 47 sites in range
0.13 ft3/sStreamflow · Sep 2, 10:30 AM
9.36 ftGage height · Sep 2, 10:30 AM
25.4 deg CWater temperature · Sep 2, 10:30 AM
770 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance · Sep 2, 10:30 AM
0.6 mg/lDissolved oxygen · Sep 2, 10:30 AM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts2
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 5, 1:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued September 1 at 11:06AM CDT until September 4 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Atchison; Miami; Linn; Doniphan; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
UnknownAir Quality Alertuntil Sep 3, 12:00 AM
Air Quality Alert issued September 1 at 2:37PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Miami; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Platte; Clay; Ray; Jackson; Cass
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days0
✓ No earthquakes ≥ M2.5 within 250 km.
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
33 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in MO of 39 ever listed.
Conservation Chemical Co.
Kansas City · NPL Site · 6 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, 11:35 AM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.