Pollution in Miami County

Pollution risk reflects local air quality, primarily driven by fine particulate matter (PM2.5), ground-level ozone, and other common air pollutants. Higher risk levels indicate poorer air quality and a greater chance of respiratory irritation, especially for sensitive groups like people with asthma, children, and older adults.

Pollution risk in Miami County is reported as a weekly score on a four-point scale: Low, Moderate, High, and Very High. The score reflects the modeled burden of Pollution at the county level, validated against public health data from CDC, HHS, NOAA, and other authoritative sources. Methodology details are available at https://www.hubbubworld.com/intelligence#methodology.

Hubbub World pulls data from multiple authoritative sources: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for flu, COVID-19, and RSV surveillance; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for hospital and community health indicators; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for weather and air quality; and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) for allergen reporting. Data is collected continuously from these sources and aggregated to the county and state level on a weekly cadence.

Hubbub World fits proprietary models on top of the underlying surveillance, environmental, and weather data to produce comparable risk scores across all U.S. counties. Each of the seven risks is reported on a four-point scale (Low, Moderate, High, Very High) so the scores are interpretable without needing the raw underlying numbers. The full methodology — including the modeling approach, validation against authoritative sources, and known limitations — is documented at https://www.hubbubworld.com/intelligence#methodology.

Current Pollution risk levels and 30-day forecasts for Miami County are exclusive to the bub app, available free on iOS, Android, and Apple Watch at https://bub.hubbubworld.com. This web page is the six-week historical archive — the bub app is where today's data and forecasts live.

This page shows the six-week weekly history for Miami County as a heatmap. To compare Miami County against other counties in Ohio, visit the Ohio state page on this hub — it links to every county. For an interactive map view that compares all counties side by side, get the bub app at https://bub.hubbubworld.com.