The following links are offered to help give a current situational awareness for public information and safety. The links are a sampling of public service information for weather, road conditions, fires, smoke and air quality, and world earthquake and water/air/temperatures. Timeliness, accuracy, and availability of this data can certainly fluctuate, so be aware and … Use at Your Own Risk!
These sites have a wealth of information, to learn more explore their menus and layers. Suggestions for additional links and comments are certainly welcome, please use the “Email and Comments” form above.
OHV maps and trail information
CA State OHV areas listed with general information
RiderPlanet-USA off road trails with information
BLM Motorized Recreational Opportunities
Friends of Jawbone OHV Maps and Information
Friends of Jawbone free online and download of Calif OHV route information – donate to them above!
Alltrails OHV information
Off Road, Hiking or Hunting Map applications with many features
Gaia GPS Mapping and Route Information
OnX 3D mapping and detailed information
Major Road Status and Closures (state and county)
One Stop Shop Road Conditions, cameras and traffic alerts of the entire western US
Caltrans road cameras
Caltrans Quickmap – choose road conditions under Options
Kern County road maintenance
Fire watch and air quality cameras
Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District (GBUAPCD) cameras from Owens Valley to Mono Lake. Note: at page bottom click “all” and “apply”, adjust camera view sizes on the next page.
GBUAPCD cameras
Univ. of San Diego and Scripps Inst. wildfire alert network using statewide located cameras
Alert California cameras
Univ. of Nevada Reno and Univ. of Oregon fire watch cameras
Greater Tahoe area cameras
Fire Alerts and reporting
Watch Duty volunteer service for your cell – excellent resource for up to date fire and hazard info covering 13 states
Genasys Protect fire and evacuation information, with mobile application
Wildfire.gov Multiple agency fire mapping
Inciweb multiple agency fire reporting
AirNow Fire and Smoke map
AirFire.org 72 hour smoke predictions
Forest Service Alerts, Closures, Road and Weather
Kern county road status and alerts
National Weather
National Weather Service
Earthquake and Worldview tools
Interactive display of current world land sea air flows, with temperatures, particle pollution estimates etc., using an assortment of projections and data ranges
interactive Worldview air and sea currents
USGS earthquake reporting, current and historical data with seismic strength filters
USGS Earthquake reporting