Step 1
Check weather alerts and smoke context before outdoor plans or long drives.
State hazard dashboard
California Hazard Dashboard
California conditions can shift quickly across coastal cities, inland valleys, mountain communities, and desert corridors. HazardNow gives residents, travelers, and operations teams a practical starting point for scanning public signals that may affect plans across the state.
Wildfire smoke, poor air quality, extreme heat, earthquakes, power disruptions, and winter storms in the Sierra and other mountain regions can overlap with travel and infrastructure impacts.
How to use the dashboard for California
Step 2
Compare AQI, wildfire, power, and transportation signals when multiple risks overlap.
Step 3
Use the live dashboard as a first scan, then verify local instructions with county and state agencies.
Signals HazardNow tracks
HazardNow combines public weather, fire, air quality, infrastructure, transportation, water, fuel, cyber, space weather, economic, and global stability signals. Review the data sources and limitations for source transparency. For California, these links are useful starting points:
Practical scan tips for California
- Look for smoke and AQI changes even when the nearest fire is far away.
- During heat or high-wind events, include outage context in your scan.
- For mountain travel, check winter storm and transportation impacts before departing.
Official sources still matter
HazardNow is informational only. It is not an official warning system, emergency alert provider, evacuation authority, or substitute for NWS, FEMA, state emergency agencies, utilities, transportation agencies, local officials, or first responders. Use HazardNow to notice public signals, then follow official instructions for warnings, evacuations, road closures, shelters, utility restoration, health guidance, and protective actions.
California hazard dashboard FAQ
Can I use HazardNow to monitor California wildfire smoke?
Yes. HazardNow can help you scan wildfire, smoke, AQI, weather, and outage context for California, but it is informational only. Follow Cal Fire, local air districts, county emergency managers, NWS offices, and other official sources for instructions.
Does HazardNow replace official California emergency alerts?
No. HazardNow does not replace evacuation orders, emergency alerts, Cal Fire updates, NWS warnings, FEMA guidance, or local authority instructions.
What California hazards should I check together?
Wildfire smoke, air quality, extreme heat, power outages, earthquakes, and mountain winter storms are useful to scan together because impacts can compound across health, travel, and infrastructure.
How often should I check the California dashboard during active conditions?
Use HazardNow as often as helpful for awareness during active weather, smoke, or outage events, and confirm time-sensitive decisions through official local and state channels.