Air quality · ZIP 54481
Air quality in Stevens Point, WI
ZIP 54481 (Wisconsin) — air quality summary sourced from EPA AirNow. Data lands this week as the EPA AirNow ingestion pipeline rolls out.
Last verified 2026-04-24 · methodology
What lands here
Pages show the current AQI category (Good, Moderate, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, Unhealthy, Very Unhealthy, Hazardous), the nearest reporting station, and historical averages.
Source & refresh
EPA AirNow. Refreshed hourly real-time / daily historical. Stale data is flagged, never silently served. Primary source →
Limitations specific to this source
Rural ZIPs may not have a nearby monitoring station; zipradar then reports the closest available station with distance context.
Wisconsin context
Lead pipes (Milwaukee), radon Zone 1
Wisconsin is uniformly Zone 1 radon. LCRR lead-service-line obligations heaviest in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay. Lake Michigan shoreline erosion expands FEMA AE zones in some lakefront counties.
See Wisconsin state page for the full state-level rollup across all 12 dimensions.
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AirNow + wildfire smoke — when AQI is a real-time tool
How EPA AirNow handles real-time wildfire smoke, what the colors mean during fire season, and where AirNow leaves gaps you should know about.
Full dashboard for ZIP 54481
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