How many dead animals are reported on Chicago streets?

1,890 requests to pick up a dead animal were made to Chicago's 311 service in Oct 2026, counted by Tickerz from the city's open data.

Where does the $ROADKILL number come from?

Tickerz reads it from City of Chicago, 311 Service Requests, service code SGQ. Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.

Can I download the $ROADKILL data?

Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/roadkill and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/roadkill/history.csv.

$ROADKILL

Dead animals Chicago asks the city to pick up

1,8909.8% downon the month before

requests in Oct 2026Up 4% from 1,809 in Oct 2025

How it is counted

Normal1,070 to 1,965

Highest2,095Sep 2026

Unusual months0

Counts: Requests made to Chicago's 311 service in a month to pick up a dead animal (service code SGQ, Dead Animal Pick-Up Request), by the date each was made. Every request counts, duplicates included. Dead birds have their own code and are not counted. Counted from April 2019: the city's 311 file has eight such requests in December 2018, none in January 2019 and few until March.
Why it is here: Chicago asks the city to come and get a dead animal about two thousand times a month in late summer.
Source: City of Chicago, 311 Service Requests, service code SGQ
Terms: City of Chicago Data Terms of Use: derivative use is allowed with the city's disclaimer on the page.
Cadence: Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. Newest complete month Oct 2026. Read Nov 13, 02:40 UTC.
Baseline: The prior 24 months, 12 needed.
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Chicago residents asked the city to pick up a dead animal 1,890 times in Oct 2026, according to Tickerz, which counts 311 requests from city open data.

Source: Tickerz $ROADKILL (Dead animals Chicago asks the city to pick up), from City of Chicago, 311 Service Requests, service code SGQ.tickerz.com/x/roadkill

Asked often

How many dead animals are reported on Chicago streets?: 1,890 requests to pick up a dead animal were made to Chicago's 311 service in Oct 2026, counted by Tickerz from the city's open data.
Where does the $ROADKILL number come from?: Tickerz reads it from City of Chicago, 311 Service Requests, service code SGQ. Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. Each number is kept as it was first published, with a timestamped proof, and any later revision is shown beside it.
Can I download the $ROADKILL data?: Yes, free and with no key: the full history as JSON at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/roadkill and every period as CSV at https://tickerz.com/api/indices/roadkill/history.csv.

List it

No listing kit for $ROADKILL yet. A kit sets its strikes from 14 published numbers. This index publishes one a month and has none yet.

Resolution

Index

$ROADKILL Dead animals Chicago asks the city to pick up. Rulebook v0.2, 2026-10-04.

Prints

Monthly. 311 posts requests within a day; a month prints three days after it ends. The newest complete month is on the record after the daily proof at 12:40 UTC.

As first published

Oct 2026 is not timestamped yet. The daily proof at 12:40 UTC adds it.

The number as first published is final for settlement. A revision by the source is shown beside it and never replaces it.

Fallback

A month prints three days after it ends. If 311 posts nothing for the month, it stays open. A month 311 never posts is void.

Precision

Whole requests with service code SGQ, by created date, Chicago time as the city records it.

Cost to move

Cheap in small numbers. A request is a phone call or a web form.

Grade

display. Requests, not animals: one carcass can bring several calls, and most go unreported. Shown, not settled on.

For a rulebook

Settle on the number Tickerz first recorded for $ROADKILL for the month named in the contract, published at tickerz.com/x/roadkill and in GET /api/indices/roadkill, timestamped daily in Bitcoin with OpenTimestamps.

As first published

None on file yet.

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Proof and data

Proof: Every reading is timestamped in Bitcoin once a day, so nobody can change it later. The newest proof covers Nov 12, in Bitcoin block 975,557.Proof file Live feed How it works
Data: The full history, free, no key.JSON CSV API docs

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