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Acid Rain

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Average acidity of precipitation in the United States. Lower pH values represent greater acidity.

Geosystems: Intro to Physical Geography

A map shows the p H levels of acid rain in the U.S. States like Ohio and Pennsylvania have the lowest p H levels (4.50 to 4.59 p H, black). States like Arizona and Nevada show the highest p H levels (greater than or equals 5.30 p H, light yellow).

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Acid Rain

4.50–4.59 pH

4.60–4.69 pH

4.70–4.79 pH

4.80–4.89 pH

4.90–4.99 pH

5.00–5.09 pH

5.10–5.19 pH

5.20–5.29 pH

≥5.30 pH

Arizona
1.23%98.8%
Utah
1.69%98.3%
District of Columbia
100%
Florida
1.32%13.8%25.9%
Idaho
4.63%95.4%
New Hampshire
72.0%27.9%
Rhode Island
2.00%3.88%
Vermont
95.7%4.07%
Washington
23.4%70.9%
Wyoming
100%
Montana
9.26%90.7%
Maine
17.3%69.8%10.8%
North Dakota
100%
Kentucky
1.72%54.3%1.61%9.53%
Virginia
3.50%1.66%15.4%
Delaware
17.4%81.8%
Mississippi
14.3%79.0%5.27%
West Virginia
7.63%45.0%12.8%8.92%
Nebraska
100%
Texas
8.53%1.49%4.74%5.19%56.4%
Missouri
26.1%26.9%12.0%34.2%
Louisiana
41.6%42.5%8.80%4.48%2.23%
North Carolina
1.35%37.2%1.72%9.88%
Oregon
2.68%97.3%
Alabama
84.6%13.4%
New Mexico
4.15%91.3%
Kansas
100%
Wisconsin
4.01%46.8%27.3%21.3%
New Jersey
5.98%36.6%32.6%23.7%
South Carolina
33.6%64.2%2.08%
Michigan
24.0%10.0%4.73%13.3%
Connecticut
49.9%50.0%
Pennsylvania
3.58%34.8%29.1%10.8%
Colorado
1.85%3.55%88.3%
Nevada
100%
Massachusetts
98.2%
Georgia
7.01%3.21%2.51%3.47%
New York
4.25%52.6%35.3%
Maryland
12.5%29.8%10.3%
Oklahoma
2.73%5.70%91.6%
Tennessee
5.63%19.5%14.5%3.55%
California
99.7%
Arkansas
17.5%40.8%7.44%10.2%
South Dakota
100%
Ohio
5.07%9.56%59.7%23.0%
Indiana
12.8%4.37%8.75%5.18%
Minnesota
2.86%4.42%92.3%
Iowa
1.50%98.5%
Illinois
39.9%27.0%15.0%3.08%9.73%
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