Pope County, Arkansas air quality history

Daily Air Quality Index summaries from EPA monitors in Pope, Arkansas, 1989–2012.

36%

Good days in 2002

Median daily AQI, 2002

Days above 100 in 2002

120

Days with an AQI in 2002 (of 365)

In 2002, EPA reported a daily Air Quality Index (AQI) for Pope, Arkansas on 120 days. 43 of those days (36%) were in the Good range, and the median daily AQI was 54. That median is higher than the typical monitored county in Arkansas (median 41 across 6 counties), and higher than the typical monitored U.S. county (44). The main pollutant was fine particles (PM2.5) on 120 days.

EPA did not report an AQI for every day of 2002 here (120 of 365 days). Figures describe monitored days only; seasonal monitoring (for example, ozone measured only in warmer months) can make a county look cleaner or dirtier than a full-year record would.

The most recent year with data for this county is 2012; EPA's files for 2013–2025 contain no row for it, which usually means its monitors stopped reporting.

Years with fewer than 120 monitored days (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012…) are shown in the table but left out of comparisons and trend statements.

How the days broke down each year

Each bar is one year. The colored segments show the share of monitored days that fell in each AQI category.

Good
Moderate
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous

Typical and high-end AQI over time

The median is the middle day of the year. The 90th percentile is the level that only the highest 10% of days exceeded.

Median daily AQI
90th-percentile daily AQI

Main pollutant by day, 2002

On each monitored day, the AQI reflects whichever measured pollutant had the highest index. This counts how many days each pollutant set the AQI. A pollutant that was not measured here cannot appear.

Pollutant	Days as main pollutant	Share of monitored days
Fine particles (PM2.5)	120	100%

Year-by-year data

Annual AQI summary by year
Year	Days with AQI	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups	Median AQI	90th pct.	Max AQI	Main pollutant
2012	57	35	22	0	46	61	70	PM2.5
2011	119	29	90	0	55	69	85	PM2.5
2010	119	39	80	0	54	65	94	PM2.5
2009	119	48	71	0	53	67	90	PM2.5
2008	118	49	69	0	53	71	83	PM2.5
2007	119	36	82	1	56	72	104	PM2.5
2006	116	32	84	0	55	69	85	PM2.5
2005	113	26	87	0	59	78	99	PM2.5
2004	119	44	75	0	53	68	99	PM2.5
2003	117	39	78	0	56	69	90	PM2.5
2002	120	43	77	0	54	70	92	PM2.5
2001	107	36	71	0	56	72	88	PM2.5
2000	114	25	88	1	61	76	105	PM2.5
1999	24	6	17	1	65	78	104	PM2.5
1997	55	55	0	0	19	29	48	PM10
1996	60	60	0	0	20	31	43	PM10
1995	56	56	0	0	20	40	46	PM10
1994	58	58	0	0	22	37	44	PM10
1993	61	61	0	0	19	35	49	PM10
1992	61	60	1	0	20	35	55	PM10
1991	60	60	0	0	18	34	44	PM10
1990	60	60	0	0	18	36	48	PM10
1989	34	33	1	0	25	32	61	PM10

What this data can and can’t tell you

It is a county-level summary. EPA reports one AQI per day for the county, based on the monitors operating there. Air at a particular street, school or home can differ, especially near roads, industry or wildfire smoke.

It is not a health assessment. The AQI is EPA’s scale for communicating daily air quality. A county’s history can’t tell you what the health risk is for any particular person. For daily conditions and health guidance, see AirNow.

Rules change over time. EPA has revised AQI breakpoints, most recently for fine particles in 2024, so some year-to-year change can reflect the scale rather than the air.

All monitored counties in Arkansas

Source: U.S. EPA AirData, “Annual AQI by County” files for 1989–2012 (EPA download page). EPA file dates: 2026-06-26. Imported into EnviroNearby November 5, 2026. How we use this data · Report a problem