Privacy Policy

Last updated July 17, 2026

IsItFlooding (“we”, “us”) is a free, advertising-supported service that shows live river levels and flood status. We try to collect as little personal information as possible. This page explains what we collect, why, and what our advertising partner may collect.

Approximate location

To show rivers near you, our infrastructure provider (Cloudflare) estimates an approximate location from your IP address at the time of your request. We use it only to center the map and list nearby gauges, and we do not store it. You can instead type a ZIP code, or click “Use my location” — in which case your browser asks your permission and your device’s coordinates are used only to load nearby gauges for that request.

Email for flood alerts

If you sign up for flood alerts, we store the email address you provide (and the gauge it relates to) so we can notify you. We do not sell, rent, or share your email, and we will only use it to send alerts you asked for. You can ask us to delete it at any time by emailing questions@isitflooding.com.

Analytics

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand aggregate usage (such as which pages are viewed). It is privacy-first: it does not use cookies, does not fingerprint you, and does not track you across other websites. It does not collect personal information.

Advertising

This site is supported by ads served through Google AdSense. Google and its partners are third-party vendors that use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites, and to measure ad performance. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and/or other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized ads at aboutads.info/choices. For more on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see Google’s partner-sites policy.

Cookies and local storage

Our own service does not set advertising or tracking cookies; the only advertising cookies come from Google AdSense, described above. Your light/dark theme preference is saved in your browser’s local storage and never leaves your device.

Where data is stored

Email signups are stored using Cloudflare’s infrastructure. River and flood data come from public U.S. government sources (USGS and the NOAA National Weather Service) and contain no personal information.

Children

This service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your choices

You can request access to, or deletion of, the email address we hold for you at questions@isitflooding.com. We may update this policy from time to time; the “last updated” date above reflects the latest version.