City report · Utah, United States
West Jordan Air quality today
Air quality in West Jordan currently reads AQI 43 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 43
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 7.7
- tree cover
- 18.2%
- trees in this area
- 56.9K
- more trees needed
- 36.9K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around West Jordan, UT, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 11, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
West Jordan · AQI 43 (Good)
West Jordan's tree count comes to 56,948 trees across 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land, 12 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 36,923 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in West Jordan today: AQI 43, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 11, 07:00 local time via OpenAQ ground stations, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Ground station · Copper View, 2.5 mi (4 km) away · median of 2 stations
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
7.7
PM10
—
NO₂
51.4
O₃
0.0
SO₂
1.8
CO
687.4
Data: OpenAQ · AirNow
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put West Jordan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 61 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 8.
Where West Jordan stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in West Jordan: Below target
18.2% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land.
Trees in this area
56,948
Target trees
93,871
More trees needed
36,923
CO₂ if planted / yr
812.3 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has West Jordan lost?
There was very little forest around West Jordan in 2000, about 227 acres (92 hectares), and about 16 acres (7 hectares) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here.
2017: satellite photo from September 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
The worst year was 2013, when about 5 acres (2 hectares) of forest were lost.
Acres of forest lost each year
Show the figures as a table
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) | 3 acres (1 ha) |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | 4 acres (2 ha) | under 1 ha | 5 acres (2 ha) |
| 2014 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2015 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
What is causing deforestation around West Jordan?
- Towns and roadscleared for good48% · 8 acres (3 ha)
- Unknown causescause unknown51% · 8 acres (3 ha)
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 8,440 acres (3,420 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 10,100 acres (4,100 ha)
- Overall change
- +1,700 acres (686 ha)more forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around West Jordan grew from about 8,440 acres (3,420 hectares) to 10,100 acres (4,100 hectares), a net gain of about 1,700 acres (686 hectares) (+20%). New forest grew on about 1,710 acres (694 hectares), while 21 acres (8 hectares) were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Questions about West Jordan
What is the air quality (AQI) in West Jordan right now?
The latest reading for West Jordan shows an AQI of 43 (Good), measured Nov 11, 07:00 local time by 2 ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ (the median of their readings; the nearest is Copper View, 2.5 mi (4 km) away). The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in West Jordan today?
At AQI 43 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in West Jordan been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put West Jordan's daily AQI at 67 on average, from 61 on Nov 5 to an hourly peak of 88 on Nov 8. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around West Jordan lost since 2001?
There was very little forest around West Jordan in 2000, about 227 acres (92 hectares), and about 16 acres (7 hectares) of it has been lost since. Only fairly dense woodland counts as forest in these maps, so scattered street and garden trees don't show up here. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around West Jordan grew from about 8,440 acres (3,420 hectares) to 10,100 acres (4,100 hectares), a net gain of about 1,700 acres (686 hectares) (+20%). New forest grew on about 1,710 acres (694 hectares), while 21 acres (8 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in West Jordan?
West Jordan has an estimated 56,948 trees across the 4.8 sq mi (12.52 km²) of land measured — 18.2% tree cover, 12 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does West Jordan need?
West Jordan needs roughly 36,923 more trees to close a 12-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 812.3 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are West Jordan's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality is measured by ground monitoring stations near West Jordan, via OpenAQ; the 7-day trend is the Open-Meteo / CAMS model's estimate. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around West Jordan; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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