Links out
Resource library
62 annotated links to agencies, standards bodies, nonprofits, tools and forums. Most of them go somewhere we neither own nor earn from, which is the point.
Showing 8 of 62 resources. Clear filters
Matching resources
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
FEMA Flood Map Service Center (opens in a new tab)
FEMA
Look up whether your address sits in a mapped flood zone. Worth ten minutes even if you are certain you are not, because flood insurance and mortgage requirements both key off this map.
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
InciWeb incident information (opens in a new tab)
NWCG
Per-incident wildfire updates, perimeter maps and evacuation notices, straight from the incident management teams. Slower than social media and far more accurate.
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
AirNow (opens in a new tab)
EPA
Official air quality index with wildfire smoke overlays. Pair it with a plan for indoor air, because during a smoke event the indoor number is the one you can actually change.
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
FCC licence search (opens in a new tab)
FCC
Look up any United States callsign or check that your own licence records are current. Also the fastest way to confirm someone is who they say they are on air.
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
USGS water data (opens in a new tab)
USGS
Live stream gauges and groundwater levels. Useful for flood watching and for understanding whether the creek you were counting on runs year round.
- Government or standards bodyDataFree
US Drought Monitor (opens in a new tab)
NDMC, USDA and NOAA
Weekly drought classification by county. It drives water restrictions and fire restrictions in most of the West, so it tells you what rules are coming before they arrive.
- Established nonprofitDataFree
OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
OpenStreetMap Foundation
The map data behind most offline mapping apps. Free to download by region, and in rural areas it often has trails and tracks that commercial maps leave out.
- Practitioner or communityDataFree
RepeaterBook (opens in a new tab)
RepeaterBook
Directory of amateur and GMRS repeaters by location, with tones and offsets. Print the page for your county and put it in the radio bag, because you will not have internet when you need it.
Know something that belongs here? Send it over. We check every link on a schedule and remove anything that goes dark. Three of these entries are our own projects and are labelled as such.