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City source retrieved November 6, 2026 · scan evaluated November 9, 2026 · frequency change

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12-month frequency comparison

October 2024–September 2025
638
October 2025–September 2026
969
Change in monthly mean
+27.58

The two windows each contain 12 complete covered months. The magnitude of the change is 1.52-fold. These are published requests, not a population-adjusted rate. Fixed windows do not establish a breakpoint, remove all seasonal effects or prove a renewal explanation.

Saved observations and fitted phases

No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant.

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 street potholes 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. No clear change in celeration under this rule. This does not mean counts were constant. See the phase results table for dates, factors and uncertainty.1510501005001,0005,00010,00050,000100,000500,0001,000,000Requests per monthsuggested phase 1: 2019-01–2026-09Jan 2019: 5Feb 2019: 80Mar 2019: 123Apr 2019: 44May 2019: 88Jun 2019: 93Jul 2019: 81Aug 2019: 51Sep 2019: 59Oct 2019: 49Nov 2019: 26Dec 2019: 56Jan 2020: 65Feb 2020: 48Mar 2020: 53Apr 2020: 30May 2020: 26Jun 2020: 29Jul 2020: 35Aug 2020: 26Sep 2020: 7Oct 2020: 11Nov 2020: 6Dec 2020: 2Jan 2021: 62Feb 2021: 9Mar 2021: 39Apr 2021: 35May 2021: 40Jun 2021: 46Jul 2021: 62Aug 2021: 38Sep 2021: 11Oct 2021: 32Nov 2021: 18Dec 2021: 20Jan 2022: 25Feb 2022: 67Mar 2022: 87Apr 2022: 157May 2022: 62Jun 2022: 114Jul 2022: 38Aug 2022: 14Sep 2022: 6Oct 2022: 9Nov 2022: 9Dec 2022: 7Jan 2023: 28Feb 2023: 46Mar 2023: 65Apr 2023: 60May 2023: 32Jun 2023: 20Jul 2023: 44Aug 2023: 50Sep 2023: 31Oct 2023: 26Nov 2023: 16Dec 2023: 20Jan 2024: 68Feb 2024: 52Mar 2024: 79Apr 2024: 49May 2024: 38Jun 2024: 60Jul 2024: 58Aug 2024: 51Sep 2024: 65Oct 2024: 28Nov 2024: 31Dec 2024: 17Jan 2025: 52Feb 2025: 95Mar 2025: 112Apr 2025: 118May 2025: 37Jun 2025: 42Jul 2025: 26Aug 2025: 40Sep 2025: 40Oct 2025: 37Nov 2025: 12Dec 2025: 29Jan 2026: 156Feb 2026: 70Mar 2026: 111Apr 2026: 231May 2026: 119Jun 2026: 61Jul 2026: 33Aug 2026: 36Sep 2026: 74ZeroUnknown?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 trend · exploratory · per six months

  1. 1 · Jan 2019–Sep 2026×1.04Direction uncertain (serial pattern)

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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.
  • Serial pattern in residuals: independence is doubtful; the reported intervals may be too narrow. Seasonality is not modeled.
  • At least one factor interval includes 1; its direction is uncertain under this approximation.
  • 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–September 202693×1.040.9969–1.07900.499
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 202674complete
August 202636complete
July 202633complete
June 202661complete
May 2026119complete
April 2026231complete
March 2026111complete
February 202670complete
January 2026156complete
December 202529complete
November 202512complete
October 202537complete
September 202540complete
August 202540complete
July 202526complete
June 202542complete
May 202537complete
April 2025118complete
March 2025112complete
February 202595complete
January 202552complete
December 202417complete
November 202431complete
October 202428complete
September 202465complete
August 202451complete
July 202458complete
June 202460complete
May 202438complete
April 202449complete
March 202479complete
February 202452complete
January 202468complete
December 202320complete
November 202316complete
October 202326complete
September 202331complete
August 202350complete
July 202344complete
June 202320complete
May 202332complete
April 202360complete
March 202365complete
February 202346complete
January 202328complete
December 20227complete
November 20229complete
October 20229complete
September 20226complete
August 202214complete
July 202238complete
June 2022114complete
May 202262complete
April 2022157complete
March 202287complete
February 202267complete
January 202225complete
December 202120complete
November 202118complete
October 202132complete
September 202111complete
August 202138complete
July 202162complete
June 202146complete
May 202140complete
April 202135complete
March 202139complete
February 20219complete
January 202162complete
December 20202complete
November 20206complete
October 202011complete
September 20207complete
August 202026complete
July 202035complete
June 202029complete
May 202026complete
April 202030complete
March 202053complete
February 202048complete
January 202065complete
December 201956complete
November 201926complete
October 201949complete
September 201959complete
August 201951complete
July 201981complete
June 201993complete
May 201988complete
April 201944complete
March 2019123complete
February 201980complete
January 20195complete
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
2026-11-06T17:28:32.885Z
Publisher update
2026-11-06T15:33:29.000Z
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-v1:8c35ac8d-21c1-45e9-8c56-8bf32f3df7b0:neighborhood-v2:123ebd9dfb69a6b8ddb242f15246042e
Discovery method
multi-feed-turn-and-frequency-renewal-v2
Analyze method
exploratory-segmented-log10-ols-zero-as-one-v3
Search plan
a3ffccedeb8d8ce18a30df3636839f775af1e5188e55a1f685695133135c6e35
Evidence run
bfee797e656afdb71bae6914cde17ca4885214f3a83cbd47d264a4616df84963

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