Public Source Registry

Sources

Scan the Flint Atlas source registry by trust, freshness, review boundary, and linked public objects before you decide what belongs in a dossier or scene.

Review method

15 registry entries

Filtered sources

Source cards with public-use and freshness metadata.

Review-limited

Sources that still carry privacy or terms-review constraints.

Source links

251

Place, event, and civic-object links derived from the public fixtures.

SearchTrust tierFreshnessRiskLayer typeUsed in

9 priority-one sources remain visible in this view.

Trust	Freshness	Public status	Risk	Used in
official statistical	official geometry 2025 and acs 2024 checked May 11, 2026	public open data usable	public reference	3 objects / 1 event / 134 places
official spatial	mixed checked May 11, 2026	public source with terms review required needs ingestion probe	terms review	5 objects / 86 places
curated public reference	historical context checked May 11, 2026	public source with terms review required needs layer inventory	terms review	4 objects / 1 event
official spatial	statewide framework updates checked May 11, 2026	public open data with layer selection review usable with request or download review	terms review	1 event / 1 place
curated public reference	unknown per layer until downloaded checked May 11, 2026	public catalog with request workflow usable with request or download review	terms review	2 objects
official statistical	periodic plan update checked May 11, 2026	public planning document with status review usable with request or download review	terms review	1 event
official statistical	annual hud cycle checked May 11, 2026	public program documents with terms review required usable with request or download review	terms review	1 event
curated public reference	ongoing city data updates checked May 11, 2026	address level infrastructure data with terms and privacy limits terms and freshness review required	privacy review	1 event
official statistical	annual official closed dataset checked May 11, 2026	public query tool with terms review required usable with query export review	terms review	1 event
curated public reference	historical archive static checked May 11, 2026	historical archive with rights and excerpt review usable with rights and excerpt review	privacy review	2 objects / 1 event / 1 place
curated public reference	episodic property updates checked May 11, 2026	public reference with document and terms review usable with request or download review	terms review	1 object / 1 event / 1 place
official statistical	official statistical release with model years checked May 11, 2026	public open data usable with field dictionary	public reference	1 event
curated public reference	historical archive static checked May 11, 2026	historical archive with rights and excerpt review usable with request or download review	privacy review	1 event
legacy public reference	stale or unverified checked May 11, 2026	do not scrape until terms reviewed terms and freshness review required	privacy review	Not linked yet
official spatial	unknown until manual review checked May 11, 2026	public source with terms review required needs ingestion probe	privacy review	Not linked yet

Selected source

U.S. Census ACS and TIGER/Line

census_acs_tiger

Visit source

Trust tier: official statistical
Public use: public open data
Registry status: usable
Freshness: official geometry 2025 and acs 2024
Last checked: May 11, 2026
Update cadence: annual
Source type: federal census geometry and statistics
Steward: U.S. Census Bureau
Geography: United States census geographies

Layer focus

tract boundariesblock group boundariesacs demographic indicatorsacs economic indicators

Used in public objects

138 source links across 3 civic objects, 1 event, and 134 places.

Flint Atlas
Object
accepted
Flint, Michigan
Object
accepted
Flint Atlas public read model v0
Object
accepted
Ward-level resource access metric
Event
metric
Census Tract 1; Genesee County; Michigan
Place
tract
Census Tract 2; Genesee County; Michigan
Place
tract
Census Tract 3; Genesee County; Michigan
Place
tract
Census Tract 4; Genesee County; Michigan
Place
tract

Known limits

TIGER/Line provides geography, while ACS provides estimates and margins of error.
ACS estimates require margin-of-error handling before comparison views.

Next checks

Pin a starting ACS 5-year vintage.
Store margins of error with every ACS metric.
Use GEOID as the stable join key.