Metro Environmental Index · NY
What federal data says about air, drinking water, flood, wildfire and earthquake risk across 2 counties. Edition MEI-2026, data as of December 2025, methodology v1.6.
Overall index
One or more domains fell below the confidence floor, so no overall score or rank is published for this metro. Domain scores that did meet the floor are still shown.
How often air monitors in the metro's counties record levels above EPA's health-based standards.
Not enough source data for this metro to publish a score. We don't estimate one.
Source: EPA AirData (annual AQI by CBSA; annual concentrations by monitor) (EPA).
Health-based violations by the metro's public water systems, against EPA's federal limits. This is system-wide, not what comes out of your tap.
Source: EPA SDWIS (ECHO SDWA bulk: systems, violations, lead 90th percentile) (EPA), 2026-10-14; EPA UCMR 5 (PFAS) (EPA), 2026-10-14.
FEMA's National Risk Index flood measures for the metro's counties.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) (FEMA), 2025-12-16.
FEMA's National Risk Index wildfire measures for the metro's counties.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) (FEMA), 2025-12-16.
FEMA's National Risk Index measures for earthquake, landslide and volcanic activity.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) (FEMA), 2025-12-16.
Scores run 0 to 100, higher meaning lower risk. A domain with too little source data shows a dash. We never estimate one.
How much source data we had for this metro: low. Source coverage: 0% of the metro's population has usable data in the least-covered domain.
A metro score is a starting point
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Compiled by HomeDoc from EPA air and drinking-water data and FEMA’s National Risk Index, scored the same way for every metro and refreshed once a year. Percentiles compare this metro with the other scored metros, and with metros of similar size.
