EJI Explorer: Map Glossary

Disclaimer

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry do not guarantee the accuracy or precision of all datasets represented on the EJI Explorer. These data are published and maintained by several different federal agencies and academic partners and have been compiled through the EJI Explorer to aid in visualization and to provide context for map users.

Data users are encouraged to carefully reference the metadata provided by these federal agencies before using this data service. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys and must not be used as such. This information cannot be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States or third parties.

Points of Interest

Childcare centers

• Data Source: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)

Clinics

• Data Source: Health Resources and Services Administration (HSRA)'s Health Care and Delivery Sites

Correctional facilities

• Data Source: United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)

Hospitals

• Data Source: Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)

Places of worship

• Data Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Geographical Names Information System (GNIS)

Private schools

• Data Source: United States National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Public housing

• Data Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Public schools

• Data Source: United States National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Subsidized public housing

• Data Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Environmental data

National priority list sites

• Data Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry Service (FRS)

Toxic release inventory sites

• Data Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry Service (FRS)

Treatment, storage, and disposal sites

• Data Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Facility Registry Service (FRS)

Watersheds

• Data Source: United States Geological Survey(USGS) National Map

Equity initiatives

Justice40 assessment (CEJST)

• Data Source: White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Opportunity zones

• Data Source: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Administrative boundaries

American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Areas

• Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

City limits

• Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

Counties

• Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

HHS regions

• Data Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

School districts

• Data Source: National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) Education Demographic and Geographic Estimate (EDGE)

State legislative districts – Lower houses

• Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

State legislative districts – Upper houses

• Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

ZIP code tabulation areas

Data Source: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

Historical context

Neighborhood redlining

Data Source: University of Richmond Mapping Inequality Project

Tribal cession boundaries

Data Source: United States Forest Service (USFS) Geospatial Data Discovery (GDD)