ECDMS4 Wildlife & Environmental Contaminants Mapper

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Services

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

United States Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Services. ECDMS4 Wildlife & Environmental Contaminants Mapper. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239406V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title ECDMS4 Wildlife & Environmental Contaminants Mapper
Summary:  View help for Summary Available through ECOS; displays the locations of over 100,000 samples from the "Environmental Contaminants Database Management System" (ECDMS). Additional documentation available in dataset. Samples were recorded in all 50 states and D.C..
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://ecos.fws.gov/ecdms4/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms contamination; environmental monitoring; environmental hazards; environment
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States of America

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source The website provides two methods of downloading data.
  1. From the front map page, either zooming in from the map or using a search filter to click on nodes to see sampling sites on the map and selecting report data to download .csv files.
  2. From the linked query site: Environmental Contaminants Mapper: Custom Data Export, which allows extensive filtering and drill-down options to download Excel files.
No public API existed at the time of download. Excel files were downloaded from the linked query site by state, found in theStateExcelFiles directory:
##   [1] "Alabama.xlsx"                                  
##   [2] "AlaskaAnimalTissueAvianEgg.xlsx"               
##   [3] "AlaskaAnimalTissueBile.xlsx"                   
##   [4] "AlaskaAnimalTissueBodiesWithoutShells.xlsx"    
##   [5] "AlaskaAnimalTissueBone.xlsx"                   
##   [6] "AlaskaAnimalTissueCarcass.xlsx"                
##   [7] "AlaskaAnimalTissueFat.xlsx"                    
##   [8] "AlaskaAnimalTissueFeathers.xlsx"               
##   [9] "AlaskaAnimalTissueFillets.xlsx"                
##  [10] "AlaskaAnimalTissueHair.xlsx"                   
##  [11] "AlaskaAnimalTissueInvertebrate.xlsx"           
##  [12] "AlaskaAnimalTissueKidney.xlsx"                 
##  [13] "AlaskaAnimalTissueLiver.xlsx"                  
##  [14] "AlaskaAnimalTissueMuscle.xlsx"                 
##  [15] "AlaskaAnimalTissueOtherTissue.xlsx"            
##  [16] "AlaskaAnimalTissuePartialCarcass.xlsx"         
##  [17] "AlaskaAnimalTissuePlasma.xlsx"                 
##  [18] "AlaskaAnimalTissueSerum.xlsx"                  
##  [19] "AlaskaAnimalTissueWholeBlood.xlsx"             
##  [20] "AlaskaAnimalTissueWholeBody.xlsx"              
##  [21] "AlaskaOther.xlsx"                              
##  [22] "AlaskaPlantTissue.xlsx"                        
##  [23] "AlaskaSoilSediment.xlsx"                       
##  [24] "AlaskaWater.xlsx"                              
##  [25] "Arizona.xlsx"                                  
##  [26] "Arkansas.xlsx"                                 
##  [27] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueAvianEgg.xlsx"           
##  [28] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueBile.xlsx"               
##  [29] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueBodiesWithoutShells.xlsx"
##  [30] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueBone.xlsx"               
##  [31] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueBrain.xlsx"              
##  [32] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueCarcass.xlsx"            
##  [33] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueDigesta.xlsx"            
##  [34] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueEggshell.xlsx"           
##  [35] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueFeathers.xlsx"           
##  [36] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueFeces.xlsx"              
##  [37] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueFillets.xlsx"            
##  [38] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueGills.xlsx"              
##  [39] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueGItract.xlsx"            
##  [40] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueGonads.xlsx"             
##  [41] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueInvertebrate.xlsx"       
##  [42] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueKidney.xlsx"             
##  [43] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueLiver.xlsx"              
##  [44] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueMuscle.xlsx"             
##  [45] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueOtherEgg.xlsx"           
##  [46] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueOtherTissue.xlsx"        
##  [47] "CaliforniaAnimalTissuePartialCarcass.xlsx"     
##  [48] "CaliforniaAnimalTissuePlasma.xlsx"             
##  [49] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueSerum.xlsx"              
##  [50] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueShell.xlsx"              
##  [51] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueWholeBlood.xlsx"         
##  [52] "CaliforniaAnimalTissueWholeBody.xlsx"          
##  [53] "CaliforniaOther.xlsx"                          
##  [54] "CaliforniaPlantTissue.xlsx"                    
##  [55] "CaliforniaSoilSediment.xlsx"                   
##  [56] "CaliforniaWater.xlsx"                          
##  [57] "Colorado.xlsx"                                 
##  [58] "Connecticut.xlsx"                              
##  [59] "Delaware.xlsx"                                 
##  [60] "DistrictOfColumbiaAnimalTissue.xlsx"           
##  [61] "DistrictOfColumbiaOther.xlsx"                  
##  [62] "DistrictOfColumbiaPlantTissue.xlsx"            
##  [63] "DistrictOfColumbiaSoilSediment.xlsx"           
##  [64] "DistrictOfColumbiaWater.xlsx"                  
##  [65] "Florida.xlsx"                                  
##  [66] "Georgia.xlsx"                                  
##  [67] "Hawaii.xlsx"                                   
##  [68] "Idaho.xlsx"                                    
##  [69] "Illinois.xlsx"                                 
##  [70] "Indiana.xlsx"                                  
##  [71] "Iowa.xlsx"                                     
##  [72] "Kansas.xlsx"                                   
##  [73] "Kentucky.xlsx"                                 
##  [74] "Louisiana.xlsx"                                
##  [75] "Maine.xlsx"                                    
##  [76] "Maryland.xlsx"                                 
##  [77] "Massachusetts.xlsx"                            
##  [78] "MichiganAnimalTissue.xlsx"                     
##  [79] "MichiganPlantTissue.xlsx"                      
##  [80] "MichiganSoilSediment.xlsx"                     
##  [81] "MichiganWater.xlsx"                            
##  [82] "MinnesotaAnimalTissue.xlsx"                    
##  [83] "MinnesotaOther.xlsx"                           
##  [84] "MinnesotaSoilSediment.xlsx"                    
##  [85] "MinnesotaWater.xlsx"                           
##  [86] "Mississippi.xlsx"                              
##  [87] "Missouri.xlsx"                                 
##  [88] "Montana.xlsx"                                  
##  [89] "Nebraska.xlsx"                                 
##  [90] "Nevada.xlsx"                                   
##  [91] "NewHampshire.xlsx"                             
##  [92] "NewJerseyAnimalTissue.xlsx"                    
##  [93] "NewJerseyPlantTissue.xlsx"                     
##  [94] "NewJerseySoilSediment.xlsx"                    
##  [95] "NewJerseyWater.xlsx"                           
##  [96] "NewMexico.xlsx"                                
##  [97] "NewYorkAnimalTissue.xlsx"                      
##  [98] "NewYorkOther.xlsx"                             
##  [99] "NewYorkSoilSediment.xlsx"                      
## [100] "NewYorkWater.xlsx"                             
## [101] "NorthCarolina.xlsx"                            
## [102] "NorthDakota.xlsx"                              
## [103] "OhioAnimalTissueAvianEgg.xlsx"                 
## [104] "OhioAnimalTissueBrain.xlsx"                    
## [105] "OhioAnimalTissueCarcass.xlsx"                  
## [106] "OhioAnimalTissueFeces.xlsx"                    
## [107] "OhioAnimalTissueFillets.xlsx"                  
## [108] "OhioAnimalTissueGITract.xlsx"                  
## [109] "OhioAnimalTissueHair.xlsx"                     
## [110] "OhioAnimalTissueInvertebrate.xlsx"             
## [111] "OhioAnimalTissueLiver.xlsx"                    
## [112] "OhioAnimalTissueMuscle.xlsx"                   
## [113] "OhioAnimalTissueWholeBodySexFemale.xlsx"       
## [114] "OhioAnimalTissueWholeBodySexMale.xlsx"         
## [115] "OhioAnimalTissueWholeBodySexNull.xlsx"         
## [116] "OhioAnimalTissueWholeBodySexUnknown.xlsx"      
## [117] "OhioOther.xlsx"                                
## [118] "OhioSoilSediment.xlsx"                         
## [119] "OhioWater.xlsx"                                
## [120] "Oklahoma.xlsx"                                 
## [121] "Oregon.xlsx"                                   
## [122] "Pennsylvania.xlsx"                             
## [123] "RhodeIsland.xlsx"                              
## [124] "SouthCarolina.xlsx"                            
## [125] "SouthDakota.xlsx"                              
## [126] "StateNULLAnimalTissueAvianEgg.xlsx"            
## [127] "StateNULLAnimalTissueBodiesWithoutShells.xlsx" 
## [128] "StateNULLAnimalTissueBone.xlsx"                
## [129] "StateNULLAnimalTissueBrain.xlsx"               
## [130] "StateNULLAnimalTissueFat.xlsx"                 
## [131] "StateNULLAnimalTissueFeathers.xlsx"            
## [132] "StateNULLAnimalTissueFeces.xlsx"               
## [133] "StateNULLAnimalTissueFeed.xlsx"                
## [134] "StateNULLAnimalTissueFillets.xlsx"             
## [135] "StateNULLAnimalTissueGITract.xlsx"             
## [136] "StateNULLAnimalTissueHair.xlsx"                
## [137] "StateNULLAnimalTissueInvertebrate.xlsx"        
## [138] "StateNULLAnimalTissueKidney.xlsx"              
## [139] "StateNULLAnimalTissueLiver.xlsx"               
## [140] "StateNULLAnimalTissueMuscle.xlsx"              
## [141] "StateNULLAnimalTissueOtherEgg.xlsx"            
## [142] "StateNULLAnimalTissueOtherTissue.xlsx"         
## [143] "StateNULLAnimalTissuePlasma.xlsx"              
## [144] "StateNULLAnimalTissueSerum.xlsx"               
## [145] "StateNULLAnimalTissueShell.xlsx"               
## [146] "StateNULLAnimalTissueWholeBlood.xlsx"          
## [147] "StateNULLAnimalTissueWholeBody.xlsx"           
## [148] "StateNULLOther.xlsx"                           
## [149] "StateNULLPlantTissue.xlsx"                     
## [150] "StateNULLSoilSediment.xlsx"                    
## [151] "StateNULLWater.xlsx"                           
## [152] "Tennessee.xlsx"                                
## [153] "TexasAnimalTissue.xlsx"                        
## [154] "TexasOther.xlsx"                               
## [155] "TexasPlantTissue.xlsx"                         
## [156] "TexasSoilSediment.xlsx"                        
## [157] "TexasWater.xlsx"                               
## [158] "Utah.xlsx"                                     
## [159] "Vermont.xlsx"                                  
## [160] "VirginiaAnimalTissue.xlsx"                     
## [161] "VirginiaOther.xlsx"                            
## [162] "VirginiaPlantTissue.xlsx"                      
## [163] "VirginiaSoilSediment.xlsx"                     
## [164] "VirginiaWater.xlsx"                            
## [165] "WashingtonAnimalTissue.xlsx"                   
## [166] "WashingtonOther.xlsx"                          
## [167] "WashingtonPlantTissue.xlsx"                    
## [168] "WashingtonSoilSediment.xlsx"                   
## [169] "WashingtonWater.xlsx"                          
## [170] "WestVirginia.xlsx"                             
## [171] "WisconsinAnimalTissueAvianEgg.xlsx"            
## [172] "WisconsinAnimalTissueBodiesWithoutShells.xlsx" 
## [173] "WisconsinAnimalTissueBrain.xlsx"               
## [174] "WisconsinAnimalTissueCarcass.xlsx"             
## [175] "WisconsinAnimalTissueFeed.xlsx"                
## [176] "WisconsinAnimalTissueFillets.xlsx"             
## [177] "WisconsinAnimalTissueGITract.xlsx"             
## [178] "WisconsinAnimalTissueHair.xlsx"                
## [179] "WisconsinAnimalTissueInvertebrate.xlsx"        
## [180] "WisconsinAnimalTissueLiver.xlsx"               
## [181] "WisconsinAnimalTissueMuscle.xlsx"              
## [182] "WisconsinAnimalTissueOtherEgg.xlsx"            
## [183] "WisconsinAnimalTissueOtherTissue.xlsx"         
## [184] "WisconsinAnimalTissuePlasma.xlsx"              
## [185] "WisconsinAnimalTissueSerum.xlsx"               
## [186] "WisconsinAnimalTissueShell.xlsx"               
## [187] "WisconsinAnimalTissueSkin.xlsx"                
## [188] "WisconsinAnimalTissueWholeBlood.xlsx"          
## [189] "WisconsinAnimalTissueWholeBody.xlsx"           
## [190] "WisconsinOther.xlsx"                           
## [191] "WisconsinPlantTissue.xlsx"                     
## [192] "WisconsinSoilSediment.xlsx"                    
## [193] "WisconsinWater.xlsx"                           
## [194] "Wyoming.xlsx"
ECDMS4 limits downloads to 100,000 rows, which many states exceeded. In those cases, volunteer drilled down in the steps shown in the figure above. The first was Matrix Category, which (as far as I can tell) was completed for all samples with one of the following selection options:
  • Animal Tissue
  • Other
  • Plant Tissue
  • Soil/Sediment
  • Water
A few states still exceeded the row limit for the Animal Tissue category, in which case I continued to drill down with Sample Matrix selections (Avian Egg, Bile, Bone, Brain, Whole Body, etc.). Ohio still exceeded the limit forMatrix Cateogry: Animal Tissue >> Sample Matrix: Whole Body, so I drilled down further with the Sample Sex filter (Female, Male, Null, Unknown).Many samples were taken outside of the US. They are found in the StateNULL files.Any drill-down selections that provided empty sets were omitted. (There were a lot.)Data were downloaded March 23-25, 2025.
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