AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Connecticut Courts, Inquests into Deaths 1711-1892

Records of the Judicial Department Papers by Subject. 
Index to Inquests of Connecticut Deaths, 1711-1892

Starting in 1639, the General Court of Connecticut requested the Deputy “to consider of some orders concerning an inquiry into the death of any that happen either accidently or by violence” (Connecticut Colonial Record, Vol. 48, Pg. 42). Later in 1650 a Code of Laws was adopted in Connecticut which also included a provision that in case of a “very sudden, untimely or unnatural death , some Magistrate or the Constable of that Town shall forthwith summon a Jury of six or twelve discreet men to inquire of the cause and manner of their death” (Connecticut Colonial Record, Vol. 48, Pg. 523).

For more than two hundred years, inquests into untimely accidental or violent deaths was the prevue of the Connecticut court system until the Connecticut General Assembly established the Office of the Coroner on May 1, 1883.  Records of pre-1883 untimely deaths were generally handled via the county or superior courts found in each Connecticut county.

This index covers the years 1711-1892 and references 2,120 Inquests into untimely accidental or violent deaths files from various County & Superior Courts for Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham counties.  In some cases, particularly for Tolland and Windham counties, coroner or medical examiner reports for the 1883-1892 time period were filed with the court.  Please keep in mind that this index is not comprehensive and additional information may be found within the un-separated files and records of each court. 

This index includes the surname and given name of the individual, death year, town of death, cause of death, remarks of note taken from the document as well as the court and location of the original document.

People may request a copy of a file by contacting the staff of the History & Genealogy Unit by telephone (860) 757-6580 or <a href="https://portal.ct.gov/csl/email-us?language=en_US">email</a>.  When requesting a copy of a record, please include the name of the individual, date, and the specific court.  Please understand that some files are extremely fragile and may not be able to be reproduced and/or read with ease.

For more information about the judicial records stored at the Connecticut State Library, please see the on-line guide to <a href="https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/ld.php?content_id=76677446">Connecticut State Archives Record Group 003, Judicial Records</a>.
Eelgrass Beds 2006 Set

Eelgrass Beds 2006 Set:

This data layer was created by the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Region 5. Delineations of 2006 eelgrass beds were completed on the eastern Connecticut shoreline to the Rhode Island border. Fisher Island, Plum Island, and the northern shore of Long Island, New York were also included in this work. Spring 2006 True Color aerial photography was taken at a scale of 1:20,000 and used for detemining location and delineation of eelgrass beds. Extensive field work was conducted by the USFWS Region 5 Southern Coastal Zone program in September, October and November, with 290 field sites. The 2006 photography was scanned and geo-rectified using 2004 ADS 1/2 meter true color imagery.

This dataset contains point data for eelgrass verification field work completed in 2006 by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Field work was conducted during September, October and November of 2006. The resulting information was used extensivley in the creation of the accompanyng polygonal eelgrass dataset.
Trail Roadway

DEEP Trails Set:

Trail Access Points are point features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe where trails are accessed at trail heads, state and municipal parks and forests, or other points of departure. Trail Points of Interest are point features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe where there are scenic overlooks, bridges, river crossings or other historic or geologic sites of interest along trails. These features are directly located along trails and do not describe amenities commonly found on park grounds such as parking areas, picnic areas, and restrooms. Trail Point of Interest features are optional. Trails are line features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe the location of single and multi-use trails, access trails, connector trails, and regional trails. These features may also describe bike routes along public roads and their relationship with connecting multi-use paved trails used for walking, running, inline-skating, and bicyling, for example. Trail features describe hiking trails, nature trails, bike routes, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible trails such as certain walkways, boardwalks and stone dust surfaced trails. Individual trail features are described in terms of their surface type (unpaved, paved, unpaved road, paved road, etc.) and whether activities such as hiking, walking, running, inline skating, bicycling, mountain biking, motorbiking, all terraine vehicle use, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding are permitted. Also indicates whether leashed or unleashed dogs are allowed. Roadway line features are optional features in the Statewide Trails Database used to place a trail system in context with nearby park roads or park entrance. They are very simple line features used to represent driveways, park roads, forest roads, and occasionally public roads on or along the public property where the trail system exists. Roadway line features are optional. They are not used for mapping bike routes. Trail line features are used for mapping bike routes.
Municipal Fiscal Indicators 2008-2012

Municipal Fiscal Indicators is an annual compendium of information compiled by the Office of Policy and Management, Intergovernmental Policy Division (IGP), Municipal Finance Services Unit (MFS). The data contained in Indicators provides key financial and demographic information on municipalities in Connecticut.

Municipal Fiscal Indicators contains the most current financial data available for each of Connecticut's 169 municipalities. The majority of this data was compiled from the audited financial statements that are filed annually with the State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management, IGP Division. This database of information includes selected demographic and economic data relating to, or having an impact upon, a municipality’s financial condition.
Federal Impact Reporting: Incidents by State Agency

This dataset summarizes the impact of federal policy and funding changes on nonprofits, municipalities, and businesses in Connecticut, as reported in the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management's Federal Impact Reporting Tool: https://www.appsvcs.opm.ct.gov/FedImpact

This dataset shows the count of reported incidents grouped by state agency and is based on the main Federal Impact Reporting dataset here: https://data.ct.gov/Government/Federal-Impact-Reporting/cyas-fb55/about_data

Impacts reported include funding reductions, pauses and delays in accessing funds, as well as employment reductions, and impacts from tariffs.

Duplicate responses to the survey have been removed from this dataset.

More information on the Federal Impact Reporting Tool can be found here: https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2025/04-2025/governor-lamont-launches-reporting-tool-for-entities-impacted-by-recent-federal-actions
Coastal Area

The Coastal Area layer is a 1:24,000-scale, polygon feature-based layer that includes the land and waters that lie within the Coastal Area as defined by Connecticut General Statute (C.G.S.) 22a-94(a). Activities and actions conducted within the coastal area by Federal and State Agencies (i.e., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE), DEP regulatory programs, and state plans and actions) must be consistent with all of the applicable standards and criteria contained in the Connecticut Coastal Management Act (C.G.S. 22a-90 to 22a-113). A subset of the Coastal Area, the Coastal Boundary, represents an area within which activities regulated or conducted by coastal municipalities must be consistent with the Coastal Management Act.
As defined in this section of the statutes, the Coastal Area includes the land and water within the area delineated by the following: the westerly, southerly and easterly limits of the state's jurisdiction in Long Island Sound; the towns of Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Stratford, Shelton, Milford, Orange, West Haven, New Haven, Hamden, North Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, Deep River, Chester, Essex, Old Saybrook, Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme, Waterford, New London, Montville, Norwich, Preston, Ledyard, Groton and Stonington. This layer includes a single polygon feature defined by the boundaries described above. Attribute information is comprised of an Av_Legend to denote the coastal area. Data is compiled at 1:24,000 scale. This data is not updated.
Prescription Monitoring Program: Schedule III Drug Prescriptions Dispensed

This dataset includes the amount of Schedule III prescription drugs dispensed over a 3-month span. On the controlled substance Schedule II-V; Schedule III prescription drugs have a potential for abuse less than Schedule II prescription drugs and have a moderate to low physical dependence or high psychological dependence (DEA). Schedule III prescriptions include narcotics and non-narcotics. It only includes dispensations to CT residents reported to the CT Prescription Monitoring & Reporting System (CPMRS).
COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation - ARCHIVE

As of 5/27/2021, this dataset is no longer being updated. More data on COVID-19 in Connecticut can be accessed here: data.ct.gov/coronavirus. 

Total weekly allocations of COVID-19 vaccines in Connecticut, broken out by allocations to the State, to pharmacies, and to FQHCs. 

All data in this report are preliminary; data for previous dates will be updated as new reports are received and data errors are corrected.
Department of Social Services - Average Assistance Units and Recipients by Town, 2003-2014

This dataset includes the average monthly assistance units and recipients of assistance from the Department of Social Services (DSS) by town for State Fiscal Years 2003-2014.

A <b>case</b>, also known as an <b>assistance unit</b>, consists of one or more individuals who apply for or receive assistance together under one of the programs of the Department of Social Services (DSS).

 A <b>recipient</b> is an individual that receives assistance under one or a number of programs of DSS.

<b>About this data</b>
<li>For privacy considerations, a count of zero is used for counts less than five.</li>
<li>Counts are estimated due to AU/recipient address correction.</li>
<li>Figures may not add due to rounding.</li>
CT 2019 Spring Aerial Imagery (4-band, 6 inch)

This image service is available through <a href='https://cteco.uconn.edu' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CTECO</a>, a partnership between <a href='https://clear.uconn.edu/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>UConn CLEAR</a> and <a href='https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/GIS-and-Maps/Data/GIS-DATA' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CT DEEP</a>.  It is a virtual mosaic of 23,341 GeoTIFF tiles. It is related to the<a href='https://cteco.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=840fe4aeb575435aba8b50e53d092c4f' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'> tiled service</a> of the same dataset.<div><br /><div><div><b><font color='#104C9B'>Dataset Information</font></b></div><div><div><b>Extent:</b> Connecticut</div><div><b>Dates:</b> 2019 (March 24-April 25), between snow melt and leaf out</div><div><b>Bands</b>: 4 (red, green, blue, near-infrared)</div><div><b>Pixel resolution:</b> 6 inch</div><div><b>Image Tile Projection: </b>CT State Plane NAD83 (2011) Feet (EPSG 6434) </div></div><div><b>Service Projection:</b> WGS 1984 Web Mercator Auxiliary Sphere (EPSG 3857)<br /></div><div><b>Tide Coordinated: </b>No</div><div><br /></div><div><b><font color='#104C9B'>More Information</font></b></div><div>- <a href='https://cteco.uconn.edu/data/flight2019/index.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>2019 Orthoimagery page on CT ECO</a> including <a href='https://cteco.uconn.edu/data/download/flight2019/index.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>data download</a></div><div>- <a href='https://cteco.uconn.edu/data/imagery/index.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>All about Aerial Imagery on CT ECO</a></div><div>- <a href='https://cteco.uconn.edu/metadata/dep/document/ortho_2019_fgdc_plus.htm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Metadata</a></div><div>- <a href='https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/download/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Download</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><font color='#104C9B'>Credit and Funding</font></b><br /></div><div>Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM), US Geological Survey (USGS), and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>
Glacial Sediment Thickness

Thickness of Glacial Sediment in Connecticut and Long Island Sound Set:
The Thickness of Glacial Sediments in Connecticut and the Long Island Sound Basin layer contains interpretive polygon data representing the thickness of glacial sediments in Connecticut and the Long Island Sound Basin. Compiled as part of the Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin, Stone and others (1998, 2005). Includes thickness of glacial sediments in 50 foot (0-50, 50-100) and then 100 foot (100-200, 200-300, etc) intervals.
Data derived from original mapping at 1:80,000 scale for the Long Island Sound basin and at 1:125,000 scale on the land in Connecticut. The data are NOT recommended for use at higher resolution scales. The purpose is to show the thickness of glacial sediments on land in Connecticut and in the Long Island Sound Basin. This layer can be used other geologic information shown on the Quaternary Geologic Map of Connecticut and Long Island Sound Basin (USGS publication SIM-2784) as well as other geologic GIS data layers for Long Island Sound derived from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) / Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Marine Geology Cooperative Program. Complimentary data layers include the marine transgressive surface (marinet) and thickness of postglacial deposits (pgthkpol) found on Georeferenced Sea-floor Mapping and Bottom Photography in Long Island Sound (USGS Openfile report 00-304).
CAPT School Performance: 2010-2012

This dataset contains the school performance indices (SPIs) for 2009-10 (2010), 2010-11 (2011), and 2011-12 (2012) for all schools that administered the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT). These data were published in the School Performance Reports released by the CT State Department of Education (CSDE) in December 2013 (see http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/performancereports/20122013reports.asp)

Note: Cells are left blank if there is no SPI, which happens when there are small N sizes for a particular subgroup or subject.
Connecticut Department of Social Services - People Served - CY 2012-2025

This report provides information at the state and town level of people served by the Connecticut Department of Social Services for the Calendar Years 2012-2025 by demographics (gender, age-groups, race, and ethnicity) at the state and town level by Medical Benefit Plan (Husky A-D, Husky limited benefit, MSP and Other Medical); Assistance Type (Cash, Food, Medical, Other); and Program (CADAP, CHCPE, CHIP, ConnTRANS, Medicaid, Medical, MSP, Refugee Cash, Repatriation, SAGA, SAGA Funeral, SNAP, Social Work Services, State Funded Medical, State Supplement, TFA).
NOTE: On March 2020, Connecticut opted to add a new Medicaid coverage group: the COVID-19 Testing Coverage for the Uninsured. Enrollment data on this limited-benefit Medicaid coverage group is being incorporated into Medicaid data effective January 1, 2021. Enrollment data for this coverage group prior to January 1, 2021, was listed under State Funded Medical. Effective January 1, 2021, this coverage group have been separated: (1) the COVID-19 Testing Coverage for the Uninsured is now G06-I and is now listed as a limited benefit plan that rolls up into “Program Name” of Medicaid and “Medical Benefit Plan” of HUSKY Limited Benefit; (2) the emergency medical coverage has been separated into G06-II as a limited benefit plan that rolls up into “Program Name” of Emergency Medical and “Medical Benefit Plan” of Other Medical. 
NOTE: On April 22, 2019 the methodology for determining HUSKY A Newborn recipients changed, which caused an increase of recipients for that benefit starting in October 2016. We now count recipients recorded in the ImpaCT system as well as in the HIX system for that assistance type, instead using HIX exclusively.
Also, the methodology for determining the address of the recipients has changed:
    1. The address of a recipient in the ImpaCT system is now correctly determined specific to that month instead of using the address of the most recent month. This resulted in some shuffling of the recipients among townships starting in October 2016.
    2. If, in a given month, a recipient has benefit records in both the HIX system and in the ImpaCT system, the address of the recipient is now calculated as follows to resolve conflicts: Use the residential address in ImpaCT if it exists, else use the mailing address in ImpaCT if it exists, else use the address in HIX. This change in methodology causes a reduction in counts for most townships starting in March 2017 because a single address is now used instead of two when the systems do not agree.
NOTE: On February 14 2019, the enrollment counts for 2012-2015 across all programs were updated to account for an error in the data integration process. As a result, the count of the number of people served increased by 13% for 2012, 10% for 2013, 8% for 2014 and 4% for 2015. Counts for 2016, 2017 and 2018 remain unchanged.
Department of Labor, Office of Research (Current Employment Statistics NSA 1990 - Current)

Historical Employment Statistics 1990 - current.
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) more information program provides the most current estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings data by industry (place of work) for the nation as a whole, all states, and most major metropolitan areas. The CES survey is a federal-state cooperative endeavor in which states develop state and sub-state data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Estimates produced by the CES program include both full- and part-time jobs. Excluded are self-employment, as well as agricultural and domestic positions. In Connecticut, more than 4,000 employers are surveyed each month to determine the number of the jobs in the State. For more information please visit us at http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/ces/default.asp.
COVID-19 Cases in CT Schools (By School), 2021-2022 School Year - Archive

This dataset provides the number of weekly COVID-19 cases for staff and students in CT PK-12 schools by school during the 2021-2022 school year.

Data for the 2020-2021 school year is available here: https://data.ct.gov/Health-and-Human-Services/COVID-19-Cases-in-CT-Schools-By-School-2020-2021-S/u8jq-fxc2

June 30, 2022 is the last report for the 2021 – 2022 academic school year.
Trail Interest

DEEP Trails Set:

Trail Access Points are point features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe where trails are accessed at trail heads, state and municipal parks and forests, or other points of departure. Trail Points of Interest are point features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe where there are scenic overlooks, bridges, river crossings or other historic or geologic sites of interest along trails. These features are directly located along trails and do not describe amenities commonly found on park grounds such as parking areas, picnic areas, and restrooms. Trail Point of Interest features are optional. Trails are line features in the Statewide Trails Database that describe the location of single and multi-use trails, access trails, connector trails, and regional trails. These features may also describe bike routes along public roads and their relationship with connecting multi-use paved trails used for walking, running, inline-skating, and bicyling, for example. Trail features describe hiking trails, nature trails, bike routes, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible trails such as certain walkways, boardwalks and stone dust surfaced trails. Individual trail features are described in terms of their surface type (unpaved, paved, unpaved road, paved road, etc.) and whether activities such as hiking, walking, running, inline skating, bicycling, mountain biking, motorbiking, all terraine vehicle use, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding are permitted. Also indicates whether leashed or unleashed dogs are allowed. Roadway line features are optional features in the Statewide Trails Database used to place a trail system in context with nearby park roads or park entrance. They are very simple line features used to represent driveways, park roads, forest roads, and occasionally public roads on or along the public property where the trail system exists. Roadway line features are optional. They are not used for mapping bike routes. Trail line features are used for mapping bike routes.
Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Type and Number of Pension Plans, 2019

Municipal Fiscal Indicators is an annual compendium of information compiled by the Office of Policy and Management, Office of Finance, Municipal Finance Services Unit (MFS). The data contained in Indicators provides key financial and demographic information on municipalities in Connecticut.

Municipal Fiscal Indicators contains the most current financial data available for each of Connecticut's 169 municipalities. The majority of this data was compiled from the audited financial statements that are filed annually with the State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management, Office of Finance. This database of information includes selected demographic and economic data relating to, or having an impact upon, a municipality’s financial condition. The most recent edition is for the Fiscal Years Ended 2015-2019 published in April 2021.

Data on the Municipal Fiscal Indicators is included in the following datasets: 

Municipal Fiscal Indicators, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-2019/sb4i-6vik 

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Grand List Components, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Grand-List-Components-/ifrb-kp2b

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Pension Funding Information For Defined Benefit Pension Plans, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Pension-Funding-Inform/civu-w22d

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Type and Number of Pension Plans, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Type-and-Number-of-Pen/9f65-c4yr 

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB), 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Other-Post-Employment-/sa26-46h8 

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Economic and Grand List Data, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Economic-and-Grand-Lis/wpbp-b657

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Benchmark Labor Data, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Benchmark-Labor-Data-2/db37-h23r

Municipal Fiscal Indicators: Unemployment, 2019
https://data.ct.gov/Local-Government/Municipal-Fiscal-Indicators-Unemployment-2019/cugp-2za3