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 Buffalo Grove · updated 36 min ago · showing last good readingAir quality
55ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 12μg/m³PM10 12μg/m³Ozone 128μg/m³NO₂ 6μg/m³
Water monitoring
Buffalo Creek Near Wheeling, Il · 1.7 km away
3.02 ft3/sStreamflow
1.57 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 55 (Moderate). Observed Sep 1, 1:00 PM.
11.6 μg/m³PM2.5
12.3 μg/m³PM10
128.0 μg/m³Ozone
6.3 μg/m³NO₂
2.5 μg/m³SO₂
136.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Buffalo Creek Near Wheeling, Il · 1.7 km away · 108 sites in range
3.02 ft3/sStreamflow · Sep 1, 6:15 PM
1.57 ftGage height · Sep 1, 6:15 PM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts1
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 2, 2:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued September 1 at 9:54AM CDT until September 1 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Winnebago; Boone; McHenry; Lake; Ogle; Lee; De Kalb; Kane; DuPage; Northern Cook; Central 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.
Wauconda Sand & Gravel
Wauconda · NPL Site · 19 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 1, 6:57 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.