Mapping Flint

Flint, the Vehicle City, birthplace of the General Motor Company and the United Auto Workers, a vanishing city propelled to the spotlight by one of the largest municipal public health crises in the 21st Century, the Flint Water Crisis

Map: Elevated Lead Levels by Flint Wards 2015

This map from National Geographic was published with the article: “Five years on, the Flint Water Crisis is nowhere near over.” Much of the water testing in Flint showed elevated lead levels remained high into 2015. The downtown band with Wards 5, 6, and 7 showed the highest levels.

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