Is colorado-stormwater-council.org safe?
http://colorado-stormwater-council.org/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (64 of 71 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
Colorado Stormwater Council is a legitimate government-focused stormwater education site with no detected threats or commercial risk.
The site belongs to the Colorado Stormwater Council, a 501(c)3 organization of local governments that manage stormwater systems across Colorado. Its pages describe regulatory compliance and educational resources for communities, not commercial transactions. Technical checks found no malware, phishing, or hosting abuse, and the domain has been registered for nearly a decade. The only minor gap is the absence of a direct contact email on the captured page, which is common for informational sites and does not indicate fraud.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 3 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site identifies itself as a 501(c)3 organization of local governments focused on stormwater quality and regulatory compliance.
- SupportsNo security threats were detected by Safe Browsing, TLS, or hosting IP reputation checks.
- SupportsThe domain has been registered for 3509 days, indicating a long-standing presence.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
The site belongs to the Colorado Stormwater Council, a 501(c)3 organization of local governments that manage stormwater systems across Colorado. Its pages describe regulatory compliance and educational resources for communities, not commercial transactions. Technical checks found no malware, phishing, or hosting abuse, and the domain has been registered for nearly a decade. The only minor gap is the absence of a direct contact email on the captured page, which is common for informational sites and does not indicate fraud.
What the site is and who runs it
The Colorado Stormwater Council (CSC) describes itself as a 501(c)3 organization of local governments with storm drainage systems serving populations over 10,000, known as Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems or MS4s. Federal regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System require stormwater management, and the site exists to support that compliance and education.
The organization is further described as a coalition of cities, counties, and special districts throughout Colorado with a mission to protect and improve stormwater quality through collaboration, resource sharing, and local partnerships. This is a public-interest, non-commercial purpose.
Technical safety and operator transparency
The browser threat feed returned no threat warning, the saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection, and the hosting IP has an abuse confidence score of 0/100 across zero saved reports. These technical checks show no malicious activity or hosting abuse.
The registrable domain is 3509 days old, indicating a long-standing registration consistent with a stable organization. The only minor issue is that no direct contact email was found on the captured page, but this is a common omission for informational sites and does not suggest fraud.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 71
No detectionsSaved analysis from August 7, 2019 - stale
No detections across 64 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 7 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 71
All 71 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Avira - Clean
- BADWARE.INFO - Clean
- Baidu-International - Clean
- BitDefender - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- CLEAN MX - Clean
- Comodo Site Inspector - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- CyberCrime - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Clean
- Dr.Web - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- EonScope - Clean
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity-Threat Inside - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- FraudScore - Clean
- FraudSense - Clean
- G-Data - Clean
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Clean
- Kaspersky - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Malc0de Database - Clean
- Malekal - Clean
- Malware Domain Blocklist - Clean
- Malwarebytes hpHosts - Clean
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwareDomainList - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- malwares.com URL checker - Clean
- Netcraft - Unrated
- NotMining - Unrated
- Nucleon - Clean
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Opera - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- SecureBrain - Clean
- securolytics - Clean
- Segasec - Unrated
- Sophos - Unrated
- Spam404 - Clean
- Spamhaus - Clean
- StopBadware - Unrated
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Tencent - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- Trustwave - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Clean
- Virusdie External Site Scan - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Web Security Guard - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZCloudsec - Clean
- ZDB Zeus - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- Zerofox - Clean
- ZeusTracker - Clean
- zvelo - Clean
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
Colorado Stormwater Council
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
Colorado Stormwater Council
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Home - Colorado Stormwater Council
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- About page/about-us/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Home - Colorado Stormwater Council
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 64 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The site identifies itself as a 501(c)3 organization of local governments focused on stormwater quality and regulatory compliance.
- 02The domain has been registered for 3509 days, indicating a long-standing presence.
- 03No direct contact email was found on the captured page, but this is not indicative of fraud for an informational site.
Web research findings
Independent findings for colorado-stormwater-council.org, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for colorado-stormwater-council.org. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaincolorado-stormwater-council.org
- Redirects towww.colorado-stormwater-council.org
- Hosted byHOSTINGER-HOSTING
- Referencesgoogletagmanager.com · stats.wp.com
Domain Timeline
- Mar 10, 2017Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 19, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
colorado-stormwater-council.org has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- No direct contact email found on the captured page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for colorado-stormwater-council.org.
A shared content-delivery network address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://colorado-stormwater-council.org/
- 2301https://colorado-stormwater-council.org/
- 3200https://www.colorado-stormwater-council.org/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 71 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Aug 7, 2019 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 71 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 7, 2019
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
Colorado Stormwater Council is a legitimate government-focused stormwater education site with no detected threats or commercial risk.
The site belongs to the Colorado Stormwater Council, a 501(c)3 organization of local governments that manage stormwater systems across Colorado. Its pages describe regulatory compliance and educational resources for communities, not commercial transactions. Technical checks found no malware, phishing, or hosting abuse, and the domain has been registered for nearly a decade. The only minor gap is the absence of a direct contact email on the captured page, which is common for informational sites and does not indicate fraud.
09 · Community
Community
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