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 Urbandale · updated 12 hr ago · showing last good readingAir quality
28GoodUS AQI
PM2.5 12μg/m³PM10 12μg/m³Ozone 19μg/m³NO₂ 38μg/m³
Water monitoring
Walnut Creek At Des Moines, Ia · 4.4 km away
12.0 ft3/sStreamflow
3.40 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 28 (Good). Observed Sep 1, 12:00 AM.
11.5 μg/m³PM2.5
12.0 μg/m³PM10
19.0 μg/m³Ozone
37.9 μg/m³NO₂
1.1 μg/m³SO₂
170.0 μg/m³CO
Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality ↗
Water monitoring — nearest site
Walnut Creek At Des Moines, Ia · 4.4 km away · 24 sites in range
12.0 ft3/sStreamflow · Sep 1, 4:45 AM
3.40 ftGage height · Sep 1, 4:45 AM
Source: USGS Water Services ↗
Active weather alerts1
ModerateHeat Advisoryuntil Sep 3, 12:00 AM
Heat Advisory issued August 31 at 9:43PM CDT until September 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Dallas; Polk; Jasper; Poweshiek; Madison; Warren; Marion; Mahaska; Union; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Ringgold; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis
Source: National Weather Service ↗
Earthquakes — last 30 days0
✓ No earthquakes ≥ M2.5 within 250 km.
Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog ↗
Superfund sites
14 active EPA Superfund (National Priorities List) sites in IA of 25 ever listed.
Railroad Avenue Groundwater Contamination
Des Moines · NPL Site · 5 km away
The state’s energy ledger
What IA’s grid runs on, its EV fleet and charging network, and where its mandate stands — from the national Energy Ledger.
Open the IA energy dossier →Snapshot generated Sep 1, 5:48 AM (showing last good reading while refreshing). All data is public and carries no personal information.