GroundTruth - Environmental Records

Quality 72 / 100needs work

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• 2026-10-15environment_nearchangeddescription
  before

  Environmental records within a radius of a US location, from GroundTruth's monthly snapshot of three EPA datasets: National Priorities List (Superfund) sites, facilities from the newest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting year, and active facilities with a current significant-noncompliance or high-priority-violation flag in EPA ECHO. Each record carries its date, distance, and source, and provenance gives each dataset's snapshot date (as_of). Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates. Results are records, not a safety assessment. An empty list means the snapshot holds no such record within the radius. EPA holds other records this tool does not search (Superfund sites not on the NPL, earlier TRI years, facilities without a current noncompliance flag), and an empty result does not mean the area is free of contamination.

  after · 100% of words in common

  Environmental records within a radius of a US location, from GroundTruth's monthly snapshot of three EPA datasets: National Priorities List (Superfund) sites, facilities from the newest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting year, and active facilities with a current significant-noncompliance or high-priority-violation flag in EPA ECHO. Each record carries its distance, and provenance gives each dataset's source and snapshot date (as_of). Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates. Results are records, not a safety assessment. An empty list means the snapshot holds no such record within the radius. EPA holds other records this tool does not search (Superfund sites not on the NPL, earlier TRI years, facilities without a current noncompliance flag), and an empty result does not mean the area is free of contamination.

• 2026-10-05due_diligenceremoved

  Address due-diligence layer scores for a US location: school quality, natural hazards, groundwater contamination, Superfund proximity, air quality, highway noise, walkability, crime, and climate pleasantness (pleasant days/year). Scores are 0-1 with 1.0 = favorable; null = cannot score that layer here. The scores are model estimates drawn from public datasets, not safety ratings. no_coverage marks a layer whose number is a placeholder outside that layer's coverage: the value means no data, not a score. When a layer's number has limits the score alone does not show (a placeholder value, a proxy, partial source data), caveats.<layer> states them. The scores are not a safety assessment, and an absence of adverse signals is not a clean bill of health. Coverage: Superfund/toxic-release proximity national; air quality, groundwater, and natural hazards a San Francisco Bay Area grid (about lat 37.0 to 38.6, lon -122.8 to -121.4, which also takes in Sacramento), with no_coverage placeholders elsewhere; highway noise Bay Area; walkability California; schools all 50 states and DC (2023-2025 results); climate CONUS (gridMET 4km, 2015-2024); Alaska, the Florida Keys, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (Daymet V4, 2011-2020); within 40 km of 3 NOAA weather stations in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam (2016-2025); null elsewhere; crime SF/Oakland/Chicago. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

• 2026-10-05broadband_availabilitychangeddescription
  before

  Fixed broadband availability for a US location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), counted per 2020 Census block: each provider and technology the FCC data lists in the block, with advertised maximum download and upload tiers in Mbps and how many of the block's locations each covers (residential and business-only counts). Each result's source.as_of gives the FCC data date. Wired and fixed wireless service comes first; satellite service is listed last, in its own section. Where a point is in no Census block with FCC data, counts are for the surrounding H3 cell. Speeds are advertised maximums reported by providers, not measured speeds. The FCC data has no street addresses, so it cannot confirm service at one house. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

  after · 90% of words in common

  Fixed broadband availability for a US location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), counted per 2020 Census block: each provider and technology the FCC data lists in the block, with advertised maximum download and upload tiers in Mbps and how many of the block's locations each covers (residential and business-only counts). FCC data as of 2025-12-31 (release D25_29sep2026). Wired and fixed wireless service comes first; satellite service is listed last, in its own section. Where a point is in no Census block with FCC data, counts are for the surrounding H3 cell. Speeds are advertised maximums reported by providers, not measured speeds. The FCC data has no street addresses, so it cannot confirm service at one house. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

• 2026-10-05location_scoresadded

  Layer scores for a US location: school quality, natural hazards, groundwater contamination, Superfund proximity, air quality, highway noise, walkability, crime, and climate pleasantness (pleasant days/year). Scores are 0-1 with 1.0 = favorable; null = cannot score that layer here. The scores are model estimates drawn from public datasets, not safety ratings. no_coverage marks a layer whose number is a placeholder outside that layer's coverage: the value means no data, not a score. When a layer's number has limits the score alone does not show (a placeholder value, a proxy, partial source data), caveats.<layer> states them. The scores are not a safety assessment, and an absence of adverse signals is not a clean bill of health. Coverage: Superfund/toxic-release proximity national; air quality, groundwater, and natural hazards a San Francisco Bay Area grid (about lat 37.0 to 38.6, lon -122.8 to -121.4, which also takes in Sacramento), with no_coverage placeholders elsewhere; highway noise Bay Area; walkability California; schools all 50 states and DC (2023-2025 results); climate CONUS (gridMET 4km, 2015-2024); Alaska, the Florida Keys, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (Daymet V4, 2011-2020); within 40 km of 3 NOAA weather stations in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam (2016-2025); null elsewhere; crime SF/Oakland/Chicago. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

• 2026-10-03broadband_availabilityadded

  Fixed broadband availability for a US location from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC), counted per 2020 Census block: each provider and technology the FCC data lists in the block, with advertised maximum download and upload tiers in Mbps and how many of the block's locations each covers (residential and business-only counts). Each result's source.as_of gives the FCC data date. Wired and fixed wireless service comes first; satellite service is listed last, in its own section. Where a point is in no Census block with FCC data, counts are for the surrounding H3 cell. Speeds are advertised maximums reported by providers, not measured speeds. The FCC data has no street addresses, so it cannot confirm service at one house. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

• 2026-09-29due_diligencechangedtitle, description, input schema, annotationsmeaning changed
  before

  Address due-diligence layer scores for a US location: school quality, natural hazards, groundwater contamination, Superfund proximity, air quality, highway noise, walkability, crime, and climate pleasantness (pleasant days/year). Scores are 0-1 with 1.0 = favorable; null = cannot score that layer here. no_coverage flags placeholder values machine-readably; relay caveats verbatim. Coverage: Superfund/toxic-release proximity national; other environmental layers CA/Bay Area; schools all 50 states and DC (2023-2025 results); climate CONUS (no AK/HI); crime SF/Oakland/Chicago. Pass EITHER a street address (geocoded via the US Census geocoder) OR lat/lon coordinates.

  after · 40% of words in common

  Address due-diligence layer scores for a US location: school quality, natural hazards, groundwater contamination, Superfund proximity, air quality, highway noise, walkability, crime, and climate pleasantness (pleasant days/year). Scores are 0-1 with 1.0 = favorable; null = cannot score that layer here. The scores are model estimates drawn from public datasets, not safety ratings. no_coverage marks a layer whose number is a placeholder outside that layer's coverage: the value means no data, not a score. When a layer's number has limits the score alone does not show (a placeholder value, a proxy, partial source data), caveats.<layer> states them. The scores are not a safety assessment, and an absence of adverse signals is not a clean bill of health. Coverage: Superfund/toxic-release proximity national; air quality, groundwater, and natural hazards a San Francisco Bay Area grid (about lat 37.0 to 38.6, lon -122.8 to -121.4, which also takes in Sacramento), with no_coverage placeholders elsewhere; highway noise Bay Area; walkability California; schools all 50 states and DC (2023-2025 results); climate CONUS (gridMET 4km, 2015-2024); Alaska, the Florida Keys, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands (Daymet V4, 2011-2020); within 40 km of 3 NOAA weather stations in American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam (2016-2025); null elsewhere; crime SF/Oakland/Chicago. Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates.

• 2026-09-29drinking_waterchangedtitle, annotations
• 2026-09-29environment_nearchangedtitle, description, input schema, annotationsmeaning changed
  before

  Federal environmental records within a radius of a US location: Superfund/NPL sites, TRI toxic-release facilities, and facilities currently flagged for significant noncompliance. Pass EITHER a street address (geocoded via the US Census geocoder) OR lat/lon coordinates.

  after · 28% of words in common

  Environmental records within a radius of a US location, from GroundTruth's monthly snapshot of three EPA datasets: National Priorities List (Superfund) sites, facilities from the newest Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting year, and active facilities with a current significant-noncompliance or high-priority-violation flag in EPA ECHO. Each record carries its date, distance, and source, and provenance gives each dataset's snapshot date (as_of). Input is either a street address (geocoded by the US Census geocoder) or lat/lon coordinates. Results are records, not a safety assessment. An empty list means the snapshot holds no such record within the radius. EPA holds other records this tool does not search (Superfund sites not on the NPL, earlier TRI years, facilities without a current noncompliance flag), and an empty result does not mean the area is free of contamination.

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