Data sources

Aware Outdoors answers your messages using data from the organizations below. We are grateful to all of them, and to the public agencies whose observation networks make most of this possible.

Listing a source here credits their data. It does not mean they endorse, sponsor or are affiliated with Aware Outdoors.

National Weather Service: Forecasts, current conditions and weather alerts. Provided by NOAA / US National Weather Service under US Government public domain.
GeoNames: Ground elevation and country lookup. Provided by GeoNames under CC BY 4.0.
AirNow: Air quality observations and forecasts. Provided by US EPA and partner agencies under AirNow API terms of service.
Google Air Quality: Air quality where AirNow has no coverage. Provided by Google under Google Maps Platform terms of service.
NASA FIRMS: Satellite fire and thermal detections. Provided by NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System under NASA Earth science data policy.
NOAA NESDIS Next Generation Fire System: Satellite fire detections. Provided by NOAA NESDIS under US Government public domain.
NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center: Snow depth and snow water equivalent. Provided by NOAA NOHRSC under US Government public domain.
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Recent earthquake reports. Provided by US Geological Survey under US Government public domain.
National Park Service: Park alerts and park information. Provided by US National Park Service under US Government public domain.
CalTopo: Map links and terrain context. Provided by CalTopo under CalTopo terms of service.
MyRadar: Supplemental forecast data. Provided by ACME AtronOmatic under MyRadar API terms of service.

Data is provided by these sources as-is, without any warranty of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Conditions in the field can differ from any forecast or observation. See our Terms of Use for more.