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West Oakland Lead Sampling (Scribe) Data Points, West Oakland CA, 2018, U.S. EPA Region 9

Metadata Updated: October 14, 2024

This feature class contains 436 points depicting lead sampling locations across West Oakland, California taken during the 2018 Urban Metals Study. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) have partnered on a project in West Oakland to study lead in soil. Lead is a heavy metal that is often found in urban soil. It usually comes from sources such as chipped paint on pre-1978 housing, historic pollution from leaded gas, or lead recycling (smelting). Children exposed to lead can have health problems, including impaired brain and physical development. In June 2018, EPA and DTSC took soil samples in city-owned property along streets, not private property, at nearly 200 randomly selected locations across West Oakland. This area was selected because of its mix of possible sources of lead, including industry, older homes that may be painted with leaded paint and nearby freeways.

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Dates

Metadata Date August 19, 2022
Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
Reference Date(s) June 29, 2018 (creation), September 30, 2019 (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

Metadata Source

Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date August 19, 2022
Metadata Created Date October 14, 2024
Metadata Updated Date October 14, 2024
Reference Date(s) June 29, 2018 (creation), September 30, 2019 (publication)
Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (Publisher)
Contact Email
Guid AA3B092F-98D8-40BC-9237-7070E29CFFE7
Access Constraints https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Bbox East Long -122.270441
Bbox North Lat 37.826347
Bbox South Lat 37.802476
Bbox West Long -122.303139
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update notPlanned
Harvest Object Id 5baab949-48cd-4098-bee1-633dcc516408
Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
Licence None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-122.303139, 37.802476], [-122.270441, 37.802476], [-122.270441, 37.826347], [-122.303139, 37.826347], [-122.303139, 37.802476]]]}
Progress underDevelopment
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System 3857
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2017-02-25T00:00:00
Temporal Extent End 2017-12-31T00:00:00

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