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City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · celeration turn

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Celeration turns: changes between fitted phases

A factor describes a standardized six-month multiplier, not a count. These turns passed the scan’s volume and magnitude gates; phase selection remains exploratory.

  • Suggested boundary January 2021: ×2.24 → ×1.06 per six months; 2.11× change between factors. Adjacent raw phase totals: 577 and 2,509. The fitted slope changes without reversing sign.

Saved observations and fitted phases

Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed.

Fixed six-log-cycle frame · 120 calendar months · factors per six months. Raw zeros stay zero; confirmed zeros become one only for log-space fitting and diagnostics. Missing coverage remains unavailable.

Monthly graffiti removal requests on a standard celeration chartCity of Chicago published records. Fixed six-decade count scale, 120 calendar months, celeration per 6 months. Zero markers are unconnected below the plot. Exact counts and coverage are available in the data table. Analyze: suggested. Suggested 2-phase description — exploratory, not confirmed. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2020-12suggested phase 2: 2021-01–2026-09Mar 2019: 4Apr 2019: 15May 2019: 5Jun 2019: 6Jul 2019: 16Aug 2019: 18Sep 2019: 7Oct 2019: 49Nov 2019: 11Dec 2019: 5Jan 2020: 22Feb 2020: 29Mar 2020: 41Apr 2020: 23May 2020: 13Jun 2020: 23Jul 2020: 24Aug 2020: 38Sep 2020: 80Oct 2020: 36Nov 2020: 60Dec 2020: 52Jan 2021: 20Feb 2021: 4Mar 2021: 10Apr 2021: 61May 2021: 30Jun 2021: 20Jul 2021: 37Aug 2021: 26Sep 2021: 30Oct 2021: 42Nov 2021: 45Dec 2021: 23Jan 2022: 7Feb 2022: 37Mar 2022: 40Apr 2022: 18May 2022: 25Jun 2022: 36Jul 2022: 39Aug 2022: 42Sep 2022: 40Oct 2022: 44Nov 2022: 36Dec 2022: 25Jan 2023: 32Feb 2023: 20Mar 2023: 26Apr 2023: 21May 2023: 33Jun 2023: 48Jul 2023: 22Aug 2023: 49Sep 2023: 30Oct 2023: 39Nov 2023: 47Dec 2023: 28Jan 2024: 19Feb 2024: 50Mar 2024: 35Apr 2024: 34May 2024: 27Jun 2024: 49Jul 2024: 54Aug 2024: 78Sep 2024: 33Oct 2024: 54Nov 2024: 47Dec 2024: 27Jan 2025: 67Feb 2025: 17Mar 2025: 38Apr 2025: 15May 2025: 20Jun 2025: 54Jul 2025: 48Aug 2025: 20Sep 2025: 31Oct 2025: 78Nov 2025: 15Dec 2025: 40Jan 2026: 41Feb 2026: 28Mar 2026: 34Apr 2026: 73May 2026: 48Jun 2026: 53Jul 2026: 40Aug 2026: 72Sep 2026: 38ZeroUnknownJan 2019: zero requests; not connectedFeb 2019: zero requests; not connected?Oct 2016: missing?Nov 2016: missing?Dec 2016: missing?Jan 2017: missing?Feb 2017: missing?Mar 2017: missing?Apr 2017: missing?May 2017: missing?Jun 2017: missing?Jul 2017: missing?Aug 2017: missing?Sep 2017: missing?Oct 2017: missing?Nov 2017: missing?Dec 2017: missing?Jan 2018: missing?Feb 2018: missing?Mar 2018: missing?Apr 2018: missing?May 2018: missing?Jun 2018: missing?Jul 2018: missing?Aug 2018: missing?Sep 2018: missing?Oct 2018: missing?Nov 2018: missing?Dec 2018: missingOct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026Calendar months

Suggested phases · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Dec 2020×2.24Fitted increase · 2 zeros fitted as 1
  2. 2 · Jan 2021–Sep 2026×1.06Fitted increase

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Interpretation and limitations (12)
  • Exploratory description, not a forecast, causal explanation or proof of a change.
  • Approximate 95% factor intervals assume independent, constant-variance log residuals and fixed boundaries. They do not account for boundary search, serial dependence or source revisions.
  • Confirmed zeros are treated as 1 only for fitting and its diagnostics. Raw counts stay zero; low-count results depend on this convention.
  • Independent phase lines may jump at boundaries. Every observation belongs to exactly one phase.
  • Reporting, classifications and seasonality can change. Counts are not population-adjusted; a level shift without a slope change is not the target of this search.
  • Uses dated last-good cached data, not newly verified source counts.
  • 2 confirmed zeros fitted as 1; raw counts remain zero. Low-count trends are sensitive to this adjustment.
  • Boundary ranges show near-optimal models within 2 BIC units, not confidence intervals. They can be narrow even when the model is uncertain.
  • 311 status is its value at retrieval, not at request creation. Newer cohorts have had less time to close; Open/Canceled comparisons can reflect workflow or cohort age rather than changing request volume.
  • Current-system 311 coverage starts in 2019. Early phases may reflect adoption/reporting ramp-up; request counts are not completed work or incident prevalence.
  • Many dependent filter conditions were searched. No multiple-testing-adjusted significance or causal attribution is claimed.
  • Frequency compares fixed equal-length windows of raw counts, not population risk or a celeration-factor ratio. Reporting, classifications and exposure may have changed.
Phase diagnostics

Intervals assume fixed boundaries and independent log residuals. They are not adjusted for the phase or filter search. Near-optimal boundary ranges are not confidence intervals.

Saved phase results
PhaseStart–endMonthsFactor / six monthsConditional 95% intervalZeros fitted as 1Lag-one residual
1January 2019–December 202024×2.241.721–2.90520.140
2January 2021–September 202669×1.061.021–1.09900.036

Near-optimal boundary range: December 2020–January 2021.

Exact monthly observations (120 slots)

Newest first. Unknown coverage is not a zero. These are the original saved observations, not fitted or rounded predictions.

Raw monthly requests
MonthRaw countCoverage
September 202638complete
August 202672complete
July 202640complete
June 202653complete
May 202648complete
April 202673complete
March 202634complete
February 202628complete
January 202641complete
December 202540complete
November 202515complete
October 202578complete
September 202531complete
August 202520complete
July 202548complete
June 202554complete
May 202520complete
April 202515complete
March 202538complete
February 202517complete
January 202567complete
December 202427complete
November 202447complete
October 202454complete
September 202433complete
August 202478complete
July 202454complete
June 202449complete
May 202427complete
April 202434complete
March 202435complete
February 202450complete
January 202419complete
December 202328complete
November 202347complete
October 202339complete
September 202330complete
August 202349complete
July 202322complete
June 202348complete
May 202333complete
April 202321complete
March 202326complete
February 202320complete
January 202332complete
December 202225complete
November 202236complete
October 202244complete
September 202240complete
August 202242complete
July 202239complete
June 202236complete
May 202225complete
April 202218complete
March 202240complete
February 202237complete
January 20227complete
December 202123complete
November 202145complete
October 202142complete
September 202130complete
August 202126complete
July 202137complete
June 202120complete
May 202130complete
April 202161complete
March 202110complete
February 20214complete
January 202120complete
December 202052complete
November 202060complete
October 202036complete
September 202080complete
August 202038complete
July 202024complete
June 202023complete
May 202013complete
April 202023complete
March 202041complete
February 202029complete
January 202022complete
December 20195complete
November 201911complete
October 201949complete
September 20197complete
August 201918complete
July 201916complete
June 20196complete
May 20195complete
April 201915complete
March 20194complete
February 20190complete
January 20190complete
December 2018Unavailablemissing
November 2018Unavailablemissing
October 2018Unavailablemissing
September 2018Unavailablemissing
August 2018Unavailablemissing
July 2018Unavailablemissing
June 2018Unavailablemissing
May 2018Unavailablemissing
April 2018Unavailablemissing
March 2018Unavailablemissing
February 2018Unavailablemissing
January 2018Unavailablemissing
December 2017Unavailablemissing
November 2017Unavailablemissing
October 2017Unavailablemissing
September 2017Unavailablemissing
August 2017Unavailablemissing
July 2017Unavailablemissing
June 2017Unavailablemissing
May 2017Unavailablemissing
April 2017Unavailablemissing
March 2017Unavailablemissing
February 2017Unavailablemissing
January 2017Unavailablemissing
December 2016Unavailablemissing
November 2016Unavailablemissing
October 2016Unavailablemissing
Source and reproducibility
Publisher dataset
311 Service Requests · City of Chicago
Source retrieved
2026-11-06T12:10:53.153Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T11:22:56.000Z
Covered months
January 2019–September 2026
Source note
Source v6vf-nfxy. Joint day/category/hour/applicable-flag/ward/status counts; no addresses, coordinates or incident identifiers. Each year's cells reconcile with an independent source total. Reads are not an atomic publisher snapshot. Current 311 system only, legacy_record=false; includes duplicate requests, not completed work. Status is as currently published, grouped by creation date—not historical status or completion date. Prepared daily community-area snapshot; scheduled rebuild at 06:00 America/Chicago. Full supported history is rechecked for corrections. Retrieval timestamps are preserved; this is not a real-time feed. Local indexed neighborhood snapshot. Totals are for the loaded area before other filters, not citywide totals. Citywide and unassigned-area views use a separate network-backed scope.
Snapshot
daily-v1:f761b44d-f9db-4d57-b536-48aea9b60f93:neighborhood-v2:f966a6b9753865eedc303aa22ef0bc56
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
5eecc8db6a81ace3b0f0c93ffd304b85d4a45c1c55c8eb58aa353f782ef059ac

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