Colorado EnviroScreen v1 County (Deprecated)

Colorado EnviroScreen is an environmental justice mapping tool that uses population and environmental factors to calculate an EnviroScreen Score. A higher EnviroScreen Score means the area is more likely to be affected by environmental inequities. The tool includes scores for each county, census tract, and census block group in Colorado. CDPHE will improve and update the tool in response to feedback and as new data becomes available. Please note that areas under Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribal jurisdictions are not currently represented on the map. Although EnviroScreen provides a robust measure of cumulative environmental burden, it is not a perfect tool. The tool uses limited environmental, health, and sociodemographic data to calculate the EnviroScreen Score. Colorado EnviroScreen does: Show which areas in Colorado are more likely to have higher environmental health injustices. Identify areas in Colorado where government agencies can prioritize resources and work to reduce pollution and other sources of environmental injustice. Provide information to empower communities to advocate to improve public health and the environment. Identify areas that meet the definition of “Disproportionately Impacted Community” under the Colorado Environmental Justice Act (HB21-1266). Colorado EnviroScreen does not: Define a healthy or unhealthy environment. Establish causal associations between environmental risks and health. Define all areas that may be affected by environmental injustice or specific environmental risks. Provide information about an individual person’s health status or environment. Take all environmental exposures into account. Tell us about smaller areas within a census block group that may be more vulnerable to environmental exposures than other areas. Provide information about non-human health or ecosystem risks.