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 2 d ago · showing last good readingAir quality
61ModerateUS AQI
PM2.5 7μg/m³PM10 7μg/m³Ozone 87μg/m³NO₂ 18μg/m³
Water monitoring
Des Plaines R At Algonquin Rd At Des Plaines, Il · 0.5 km away
178 ft3/sStreamflow
8.20 ftGage height
Active alerts
✓ No active weather alerts
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 61 (Moderate). Observed Aug 30, 9:00 PM.
6.6 μg/m³PM2.5
6.6 μg/m³PM10
87.0 μg/m³Ozone
17.7 μg/m³NO₂
2.8 μg/m³SO₂
213.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Des Plaines R At Algonquin Rd At Des Plaines, Il · 0.5 km away · 122 sites in range
178 ft3/sStreamflow · Aug 31, 2:00 AM
8.20 ftGage height · Aug 31, 2:00 AM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts0
✓ No active National Weather Service alerts for this area.
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 Aug 31, 2:32 AM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.