EPA AirNow Ozone Maps
New Jersey WNV data - May 2001

April 2001 May 2001 June 2001 July 2001 August 2001 September 2001
Date H B M O Event Ozone8HrAvg (Legend) 1-Hour Average
5/1/01t         This map was delayed for weeks, before being published.

Heat spell. Huge break also in DEC Susan Wager ozone graph.

5/2/01w   1     1 WNV Crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/7]
5/3/01T   1     1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/14]

[Map WNV activity labels are cumulative to 7/27/01: White numbers represents WNV positive crows and mosquito pools. Other nearby NJ counties had few WNV positives. NYS had only 18 total WNV positives, with 12 of those in Suffolk, LI]

Note: In 1996-1997 (June/July), the largest ever chlordane residue diagnosed poisoning of birds occurred Scotch Plains, which is 6 miles north of Edison, Middlesex Cty. This area is near heavy petrochemical industry. At the tip of Staten Island in NJ, Chevron's Perth Amboy refinery. Just south of Newark are Exxon refineries. See Critique1 and Critique2 of pesticide 'residue' diagnoses.

5/4/01f   1     1 WNV Crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ). [NJdoh pr5/14].
5/5/01s          
5/6/01S          
5/7/01m         21 crows, 1 hawk tested so far this spring [NJdoh pr5/14].
5/8/01t   1     1 WNV crow (Iselin, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/14]
5/9/01w          
5/10/01T   1     1 WNV crow (Piscataway, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/14]
5/11/01f   1     1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/24]
5/12/01s          
5/13/01S          
5/14/01m   1     1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/24]

36 crows, 1 hawk tested so far this spring [NJdoh pr5/14]

5/15/01t   1     1 WNV crow (Piscataway, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/24]
5/16/01w   1     1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/24]
5/17/01T   1     1 WNVpos crow, Westchester Cty, NY. "Reported" 5/24/01, estimated found 5/17/01. [NYSDOH pr5/24]. The first NY WNVpos bird of the year.
5/18/01f          
5/19/01s          
5/20/01S          
5/21/01m          
5/22/01t   1     1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/29]
5/23/01w          
5/24/01T   2     84 crows and 1 hawk tested so far. [NJdoh pr5/24]

1 WNV crow (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr5/29]; 1 WNV crow (Ocean Twnshp, Monmouth Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr6/5]

5/25/01f     1   1 mosqP (Edison, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr6/8]
5/26/01s          
5/27/01S          
5/28/01m          
5/29/01t          
5/30/01w          
5/31/01T     1   1 mosqP (Piscataway, Middlesex Cty, NJ) [NJdoh pr6/14]

 

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