About 511now
What 511now is
511now shows official wildfire perimeters, weather alerts, traffic cameras, and wildfire camera stills for Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. We pull the same pictures the official agencies already publish.
Always verify pass conditions via the official WSDOT, Oregon TripCheck, or Idaho 511 page. It is the definitive source for closures and chain requirements. Then look at the cameras here.
A service of Henricks Media
511now is a service of Henricks Media.
What 511now is not
511now is not official state 511, and it is not an emergency alert system. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by WSDOT, ODOT, Idaho 511, NIFC, NWS, NPS, OHAZ, ALERTWest, ALERTCalifornia, Watch Duty, or any emergency management agency.
Washington deactivated the 511 phone number in 2023. Even so, 511now is not the state system and never was.
511now does not issue evacuation orders. It does not send alerts. It does not make siren sounds. For emergency orders, use Wireless Emergency Alerts on your phone, your county emergency management agency, Genasys Protect or ORAlert, or your local sheriff.
For closures and chain requirements, use the official pages:
Cameras and public data, not verdicts
511now shows you the pictures. It does not guess chain levels, closures, or temperatures from a photo. A clear picture does not cancel a chain requirement.
If a picture looks hours old, skip it and check the official page. Stale data is worse than no data.
We do not label stills LIVE unless the camera has a real video stream. Most pass cameras are still photos that refresh every few minutes.
Official sources
Stills are hotlinked from published public URLs. We do not re-host agency images. We only show cameras the agency already publishes.
Every agency 511now pulls from, what each one owns, and how we credit it now lives on one page: Sources.