City report · Hubei, China
Yezhou Air quality today
Air quality in Yezhou currently reads AQI 66 (Moderate): Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Air quality right now
AQI 66
Moderate
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 19.7
- tree cover
- 55.4%
- trees in this area
- 174K
- more trees needed
- 0
Measured across a 2 km radius around Jianshi County, Enshi City, Hubei, China (12.57 km²), from a satellite image of Sep 6, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Yezhou · AQI 66 (Moderate)
Yezhou's tree count comes to 173,696 trees across 12.54 km² of land, already at or above the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Yezhou today: AQI 66, Moderate
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 9 station cities within 245 km, e.g. Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China and Kaizhou District, Chongqing, China
Health signal
Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
PM2.5
19.7
PM10
28.1
NO₂
23.3
O₃
57.0
SO₂
13.2
CO
849.0
- Outdoor exercise
- Fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier
- Windows
- Fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution
- Mask
- Not needed for most people
- Air purifier
- Worth running if you are sensitive
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yezhou's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 50 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 129 on Nov 5.
Where Yezhou stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Yezhou: Healthy tree cover
55.4% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 12.54 km² of land.
Trees in this area
173,696
Target trees
173,696
More trees needed
0
CO₂ if planted / yr
0 kg
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Yezhou lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yezhou has lost about 169 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 169 haabout 240 football pitches
- Share of its forest
- 1.3%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 123 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2017, when about 19 hectares of forest were lost.
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2003 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha |
| 2005 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2006 | 5 ha | 1 ha | 6 ha |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2008 | 1 ha | 2 ha | 3 ha |
| 2009 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 1 ha |
| 2010 | 6 ha | 1 ha | 7 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2012 | 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 ha |
| 2013 | 3 ha | 3 ha | 5 ha |
| 2014 | 3 ha | 2 ha | 5 ha |
| 2015 | 3 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2016 | 15 ha | 2 ha | 17 ha |
| 2017 | 18 ha | under 1 ha | 19 ha |
| 2018 | 5 ha | under 1 ha | 5 ha |
| 2019 | 13 ha | under 1 ha | 13 ha |
| 2020 | 12 ha | 2 ha | 14 ha |
| 2021 | 12 ha | 6 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | 4 ha | under 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2023 | 3 ha | 1 ha | 4 ha |
| 2024 | 5 ha | 12 ha | 17 ha |
| 2025 | 8 ha | 7 ha | 15 ha |
What is causing deforestation around Yezhou?
- Towns and roadscleared for good69% · 117 ha
- Loggingcan grow back18% · 31 ha
- Mining and energycleared for good1.5% · 3 ha
Also: farms, pasture and plantations, unknown causes.
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
- 24,900 ha
- Forest in 2020
- 24,700 ha
- Overall change
- −170 haless forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yezhou stayed about the same size, at about 24,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 135 hectares, and about 305 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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What is the air quality (AQI) in Yezhou right now?
The latest reading for Yezhou shows an AQI of 66 (Moderate), observed Nov 10, 22:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 9 ground-station cities within 245 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Yezhou today?
At AQI 66 (Moderate): fine for most people; unusually sensitive people should take long or hard exercise easier. Windows: fine to open; close them if you are sensitive to pollution. Masks: not needed for most people. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Yezhou been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Yezhou's daily AQI at 61 on average, from 50 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 129 on Nov 5. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Yezhou lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Yezhou has lost about 169 hectares of forest (about 240 football pitches): 1.3% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (73%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Yezhou stayed about the same size, at about 24,700 hectares: new forest grew on about 135 hectares, and about 305 hectares were lost.
What is the tree count in Yezhou?
Yezhou has an estimated 173,696 trees across the 12.54 km² of land measured — 55.4% tree cover, already past the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Yezhou need?
Yezhou has already reached its tree-cover target, so no additional trees are needed to close the gap.
How are Yezhou's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 2 km radius around Jianshi County; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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