Environmental Justice Data Resources

Environmental data concerning air, water, and other resource quality, as well as energy expenditures and permit data

Dashboards: Data portal with easy to access data points, analysis may be available.

  • Region: NATIONAL STATE

    Accessibility level: Downloadable report

    Description: The goal of the RTP Database project is to provide a central repository for national RTP project data usable by policymakers, State administrators, project managers, stakeholders, and the general public. Our team works closely with each of the State Trail Administrators to ensure we capture a comprehensive scope of data and that we are responsible for maintaining and assuring the accuracy and consistency of data over its entire life-cycle

    Link to Oregon data

  • Region: STATE

    Accessibility level: Downloadable reports and spreadsheets

    Description: Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year.

    Data link

  • Item description
  • Region: NATIONAL; STATE; LOCAL

    Description: Data is based on the 2018 emissions data. It shows cancer risk in mapped area and is interactive.

    Link to map

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    Description: Map uses Area Median Income (AMI), Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and State Median Income (SMI) data to help determine energy burden for low- to moderate-income households. This is an interactive map that allows you to filter the data based on your questions.

    Link to map

  • Region: LOCAL

    Description: Interactive map showing drinking fountain locations in Portland OR.

    Link to map

 

 Datasets: User is able to do analysis with this data.

  • The Air Quality System (AQS) contains ambient air pollution data collected by EPA, state, local, and tribal air pollution control agencies from over thousands of monitors. AQS also contains meteorological data, descriptive information about each monitoring station (including its geographic location and operator), and data quality assurance/quality control information. Does not have race data, but does have location data. Raw data is available for download and

    Link to Data Set

  • Region: NATIONAL

    Accessibility level: Downloadable data

    Description: FTA's National Transit Database (NTD) records the financial, operating, and asset conditions of transit systems. Note: Data may come from Transit agencies, not necessarily states. It does not have race data but does have rural safety data

    Data Link

  • Region: NATIONAL

    Description: contains information about public water systems, pollution, land, and compliance factors. Reported by the EPA.

    Link to datasets

    Datasets codebook

  • Region: LOCAL

    Description: Interactive map showing the location and attributes of flood risk zones in Portland OR. The data is from the Flood Insurance Rate Map.

    Link to interactive map

 

Reports: Data is usually not available.

  • Description: Most recent reports from the Environmental Justice Council (EJC) on environmental issues, how they addressed them, and their decisions effect on communities most at risk for environmental impacts.

    Link to download 2021-2022 report

    Link to website

  • Region: STATE

    Description: Research on forestry and its impacts on community drinking water and other environmental impacts (landslides). Also researched the impact of forest chemicals and water quality.

    Download report