StormDesk aggregates public, partner, and commercial data sources for operational awareness. This page is the canonical inventory for what each source powers, the attribution text it requires, and any restrictions on how StormDesk should use it.
StormDesk Use
Forecasts, alerts, observations, hazardous weather outlooks, AFDs, DSS-linked products, and weather maps.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: National Weather Service / NOAA
Restrictions
Operationally authoritative. StormDesk summarizes and republishes source data but does not replace official warning products.
StormDesk Use
Convective outlooks, mesoscale discussions, watches, categorical risk context, and severe-weather product links.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center
Restrictions
Use official SPC graphics and text for authoritative probabilities. StormDesk timing graphics are generated separately and labeled as non-official.
StormDesk Use
Radar tiles, SPC watch and MD GeoJSON feeds, and storm report archives used in map layers.
License / Posture
Publicly accessible academic/public-service data
Required Attribution
Source: Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Restrictions
Treat as a distribution layer for operational products, not the originating authority.
StormDesk Use
River gauge stage, discharge, hydrograph context, and local impact threshold overlays.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Restrictions
StormDesk may add workspace-defined local impact thresholds, but official action and flood-stage coloring remains separate.
StormDesk Use
National drought polygons and county/state drought severity summaries.
License / Posture
USDM courtesy-required data product
Required Attribution
Map courtesy of the U.S. Drought Monitor, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA, and NOAA.
Restrictions
Weekly situational-awareness product. Courtesy line should appear anywhere drought maps or summary statistics are surfaced prominently.
StormDesk Use
Backlog target for national flood outlook polygons and rainfall/flood support layers.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: NOAA Weather Prediction Center
Restrictions
Backlog item; add layer-specific attribution before shipping public-facing map use.
StormDesk Use
Official AQI summary and forecast context in StormDesk map and operations surfaces.
License / Posture
Public-sector API with key requirement and attribution requirement
Required Attribution
Air quality data provided by AirNow.
Restrictions
Use as preliminary reference context only in this sprint. Do not treat AirNow as an automated trigger for StormDesk severity scoring or alerting.
StormDesk Use
Live map-native PM2.5 sensor layer for localized AQ detail.
License / Posture
PurpleAir data license / attribution required
Required Attribution
Sensor data courtesy of PurpleAir.
Restrictions
Crowd-sourced sensor network. Display as observational detail, not an official regulatory AQ designation.
StormDesk Use
Smoke plume polygons and smoke-air-quality correlation context.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: NOAA Hazard Mapping System
Restrictions
Interpretive smoke product; pair with AQ and fire sources for operational context.
StormDesk Use
Satellite fire detections and fire-support overlays.
License / Posture
NASA open data / public use
Required Attribution
Source: NASA FIRMS
Restrictions
Hotspots indicate detections, not confirmed incident perimeters or suppression status.
StormDesk Use
Kp forecast, geomagnetic storm level, and quiet/elevated space-weather status cards.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Restrictions
Situational-awareness context only in StormDesk v1; not mapped as a geographic operational layer.
StormDesk Use
Backlog target for significant earthquake points and impact context.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program
Restrictions
Backlog item; event significance filtering should be applied before enabling by default.
StormDesk Use
Disaster declarations and all-hazards support datasets.
License / Posture
Public Domain (17 USC § 105)
Required Attribution
Source: OpenFEMA / FEMA
Restrictions
Use for situational context, not incident command authority.
StormDesk Use
Road conditions, incidents, closures, RWIS, traffic cameras, and construction context.
License / Posture
State government data
Required Attribution
Source: Illinois Department of Transportation
Restrictions
Coverage and freshness depend on IDOT feeds. StormDesk should not imply local authority over state-road decisions.
StormDesk Use
Base maps, satellite streets style, navigation controls, and map rendering.
License / Posture
Commercial license / Mapbox terms
Required Attribution
Map imagery and basemap © Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors.
Restrictions
Must follow Mapbox attribution and logo requirements wherever their styles or tiles are displayed.
New StormDesk data layers should not ship until they declare their source, usage, attribution text, and any commercial or operational restrictions. This registry is intended to keep the public-facing product, internal planning, and future backlog work aligned.
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