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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 Lake Charles · updated 2 hr ago · showing last good reading
Air quality
34GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 3μg/m³PM10 4μg/m³Ozone 84μg/m³NO₂ 2μg/m³
Water monitoring
Calcasieu River At I-10 At Lake Charles, La · 3.1 km away
1.22 ftGage height
31.6 deg CWater temperature
26100 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance
Active alerts
  • SevereTropical Storm Warning
  • ModerateTropical Cyclone Local Statement
  • ModerateTropical Cyclone Local Statement
Earthquakes · 30 days
M3.4strongest within 250 km
7 km NNW of Edgefield, Louisiana
2 quakes ≥ M2.5
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 34 (Good). Observed Sep 1, 1:00 PM.

2.9 μg/m³PM2.5
3.7 μg/m³PM10
84.0 μg/m³Ozone
1.8 μg/m³NO₂
0.5 μg/m³SO₂
103.0 μg/m³CO

Water monitoring — nearest site

Calcasieu River At I-10 At Lake Charles, La · 3.1 km away · 35 sites in range

1.22 ftGage height · Sep 1, 5:15 PM
31.6 deg CWater temperature · Sep 1, 5:00 PM
26100 uS/cm @25CSpecific conductance · Sep 1, 5:00 PM

Active weather alerts3

SevereTropical Storm Warninguntil Sep 1, 11:45 PM
Tropical Storm Warning issued September 1 at 10:35AM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Southern Calcasieu
ModerateTropical Cyclone Local Statementuntil Sep 2, 12:15 AM
Tropical Cyclone Local Statement issued September 1 at 11:08AM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
West Cameron; East Cameron; Northern Calcasieu; Northern Jefferson Davis; Upper Vermilion; Southern Calcasieu; Southern Jefferson Davis; Southern Acadia; Lower Vermilion; Tyler; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; Southern Newton; Upper Jefferson; Northern Orange; Lower Jefferson; Southern Orange
ModerateTropical Cyclone Local Statementuntil Sep 1, 8:15 PM
Tropical Cyclone Local Statement issued September 1 at 7:01AM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
West Cameron; East Cameron; Northern Calcasieu; Northern Jefferson Davis; Upper Vermilion; Southern Calcasieu; Southern Jefferson Davis; Southern Acadia; Lower Vermilion; Tyler; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; Southern Newton; Upper Jefferson; Northern Orange; Lower Jefferson; Southern Orange

Earthquakes — last 30 days2

M2.6
11 km ENE of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Aug 24, 3:58 PM · 180 km away
M3.4
7 km NNW of Edgefield, Louisiana
Aug 21, 8:00 PM · 210 km away

Superfund sites

17 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in LA of 29 ever listed.

Gulf State Utilities-North Ryan Street
Lake Charles · Proposed NPL Site · 2 km away
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The state’s energy ledger

What LA’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.

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Snapshot generated Sep 1, 6:26 PM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.