Illegal Dumping Activity Cases in Montgomery County

Illegal Dumping Activity records reported incidents of waste disposal violations in Montgomery County, Maryland. The dataset includes detailed case descriptions, locations, and administrative timelines. It is updated daily by the data.montgomerycountymd.gov organization.

Use Cases

• Tracking case resolution timelines using Open date, Date closed, and Case number
• Mapping incident hotspots for targeted patrols using Location, Street Name, and Zip Codes
• Analyzing case types and subtypes for enforcement trends using Case type and Case sub-type
• Allocating resources by council district using Council Districts and Council Districts 7
• Correlating incidents with community demographics using Communities and Municipalities

Strengths

• Daily updates ensure current operational data, with a last update noted as 2026-05-29
• Geospatial annotation is present, with columns for Location, Street Name, and Zip Codes
• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov suggests official importance and broad availability

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing or conflicting: row counts, size, license, and author are not provided across sources
• The last update date conflicts between platforms (2026-05-29 vs. 2026-04-12), raising uncertainty about freshness
• The dataset relies on reported activity, which may not capture all incidents

Provenance

Source

data.montgomerycountymd.gov

Collection Method

Likely gathered from government case management systems for environmental enforcement.

Time Range

The Year case was opened column suggests temporal coverage, but a specific range is not provided.

Freshness

2026-05-29 08:02:24 (most recent update from Socrata)

Geography

Montgomery County, Maryland, as indicated by columns for City, Zip Codes, Council Districts, and Municipalities.