Utah has a program, named Utah Comprehensive Accountability System (UCAS), to track and measure student performance at the various elementary, junior high (middle school), and high schools throughout the state, including charter schools. We created a visualization to allow parents and educators to explore the data.

We’ve created a map of US avalanche fatalities going back to the 2006-2007 season. The fatalities are broken up by activity (e.g., skier, snowmobiler), allow you to click on an activity and see the fatalities for that activity during the selected season. You can also hover over or click on a circle for additional detail surrounding the avalanche.

We talk of budget deficits, debt, and taxes, but what does our budget really consist of? What categories of receipts or outlays truly have the largest impact upon the budget? We answer these questions with our visual breakdown of the US budget.

In this analysis you can explore the college football attendance history of major Division I schools and conferences, comparing not only raw attendance figures but also how much of the stadium is full.

Compare pollution the pollution levels of US counties with published EPA standards. We include various pollution measurements along with a description of their meaning. How does your county compare?

The United States experienced severe drought in 2012 throughout most of the nation, but how dry was it? This visualization shows how dry each state was by listing the percentage of topsoil that was dryer than average.