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Notes from the record.

Research, methodology and observations from the work. Explanatory, never parcel-specific — a field report tells you what a record class is and how to read it; a Parcelscope report tells you what is actually there.

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Dispatch · Research · April 28, 2026

The Golf Course Next Door

What a 2025 JAMA Network Open study means for Nashville homebuyers — the two exposure pathways it identifies, and what it does not say.

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In the report
Golf-course proximity3 MI BAND
Distance & bearingPER COURSE
Prevailing wind contextUPWIND FLAG
SOURCE: JAMA Netw. Open 2025 · OpenStreetMap

Dispatches

methodology, new datasets, observations from the work
Field report The Davidson County Map — The Invisible Layer An interactive map of the named environmental records that appear in the Parcelscope Field Guide — Superfund sites, landfills, dry cleaner solvent sites, and the freight corridors that traverse Davidson County. Field report Underground Storage Tanks — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Dry-Cleaner Solvent Sites — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Superfund — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Toxic Release Inventory — The Invisible Layer The EPA Field report Golf-Course Proximity — The Invisible Layer A 2025 JAMA Network Open study found 126% higher Parkinson Field report Major Roads & Interstates — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Active Rail Corridors — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report High-Voltage Transmission — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Landfills & Waste Sites — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Radon — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report Aviation Noise — The Invisible Layer Nashville International Airport (BNA) is one of the fastest-growing airports in the U.S., and the FAA-published 65 dB DNL contour is the regulatory threshold for noise-sensitive land use. A field guide chapter from Parcelscope. Field report Tree Canopy Coverage — The Invisible Layer Tree canopy at the watershed scale shapes summer temperature, air quality, and stormwater runoff. Davidson County reads above and below the U.S. urban average depending on neighborhood. A field guide chapter from Parcelscope. Field report Event-Venue Density — The Invisible Layer Davidson County has six major event venues that produce sustained noise, traffic, and crowd density on event nights. A field guide chapter from Parcelscope. Field report Franklin — The Invisible Layer Franklin, TN environmental records, read closely: underground tank files along the historic corridors, dry-cleaner records downtown, the Harpeth River Field report The Meth House — The Invisible Layer Former meth labs and smoke-contaminated houses look normal at a showing. Tennessee Field report The Historic District — The Invisible Layer What it means when a house is in a historic district: National Register recognition vs. binding local overlay zoning, design review, the two-map problem, and how to check any Tennessee address — from Parcelscope Field report The Family Cemetery — The Invisible Layer Family cemeteries on Tennessee property, explained: why small burial plots hide on rural land, the legal protections that travel with them, descendant access rights, and how to check any address against the federal cemetery record — from Parcelscope Field report Cell Towers — The Invisible Layer Cell towers near a home, read from the record: the FCC Field report Karst & Sinkholes — The Invisible Layer Sinkholes in Tennessee, explained: why Middle Tennessee Field report Flood Zones — The Invisible Layer What flood zone AE means, what Zone X means, why the Field report Agricultural Adjacency — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report How to Check Your Address — The Invisible Layer A chapter from The Invisible Layer, Parcelscope Field report East Nashville — The Invisible Layer The East Nashville edition of The Invisible Layer. A neighborhood with industrial DNA. Most parcels read clean — block-by-block variance is among the highest in the county. Field report The Nations — The Invisible Layer The The Nations edition of The Invisible Layer. Rapid redevelopment over genuine industrial soils. Records density is high; block-level findings vary sharply within a few hundred feet. Field report Sylvan Park — The Invisible Layer The Sylvan Park edition of The Invisible Layer. Well-canopied and largely residential, but McCabe sits upwind of the southwest edge — a finding many residents are surprised to learn. Field report West Meade — The Invisible Layer The West Meade edition of The Invisible Layer. Among the cleanest record profiles in the county. Dense canopy and minimal industrial history. Golf-course proximity is the dominant flag. Field report Belmont / Hillsboro — The Invisible Layer The Belmont / Hillsboro edition of The Invisible Layer. 21st Avenue Field report Donelson — The Invisible Layer The Donelson edition of The Invisible Layer. Aviation and freight are the defining factors. Specific streets fall closer to the BNA approach envelope; immediately adjacent ones don Field report Green Hills — The Invisible Layer The Green Hills edition of The Invisible Layer. Strong overall, with the predictable golf-course flag and a single legacy drycleaner finding on Hillsboro Pike. Field report Belle Meade — The Invisible Layer The Belle Meade edition of The Invisible Layer. The cleanest record profile we publish. The single dominant flag is upwind country-club proximity — a finding most residents have never been told about. Field report Crieve Hall — The Invisible Layer The Crieve Hall edition of The Invisible Layer. A solid mid-century neighborhood. The dominant findings cluster along Trousdale and Bell Road; pre-1965 builds nearer those corridors see meaningfully more. Field report Inglewood — The Invisible Layer The Inglewood edition of The Invisible Layer. Pre-war housing stock with an industrial neighbor. Records density along Gallatin and the rail line is high; quieter interior streets read meaningfully cleaner. Field report Germantown — The Invisible Layer The Germantown edition of The Invisible Layer. Historic industrial soils, well-documented redevelopment. The records are extensive but mostly closed; the pattern across the broader neighborhood is dense. Field report Antioch — The Invisible Layer The Antioch edition of The Invisible Layer. Logistics and freight density drives the record count. Block-level variation is significant; newer subdivisions read meaningfully cleaner than the corridor.

The record chapters

one per record class · what it tracks and why it matters
I Most common
Underground Storage Tanks
Buried fuel tanks. A quarter have a release on record.
SOURCE: TDEC UST · EPA UST Finder · LUST
II High-impact
Dry-Cleaner Solvent Sites
Chlorinated solvents — PCE/TCE — that travel.
SOURCE: TDEC DCERP · TDEC Remediation
III Federal
Superfund & Federal Cleanup
EPA-tracked contaminated sites.
SOURCE: EPA SEMS
IV Federal
Toxic Release Inventory
Annual chemical releases by facility.
SOURCE: EPA TRI · DMAP · ECHO
V Peer-reviewed
Golf-Course Proximity
1 mi → 126% Parkinson’s odds; elevated to 3 mi.
SOURCE: JAMA Netw. Open 2025 · OSM
VI PM2.5
Major Roads & Interstates
Diesel and PM2.5 from heavy-traffic corridors.
SOURCE: OpenStreetMap
VII PM2.5
Active Rail Corridors
Diesel particulate from freight rail.
SOURCE: OpenStreetMap
VIII EMF
High-Voltage Transmission
Transmission lines ≥69 kV within range.
SOURCE: OpenStreetMap (≥69 kV)
IX Methane
Landfills & Waste Sites
Active and closed landfill methane.
SOURCE: EPA LMOP
X Geology
Radon Geology Zone
Second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S.
SOURCE: EPA Map of Radon Zones
XI DNL contour
Aviation Noise (BNA)
FAA Day-Night Average Sound Level contour.
SOURCE: FAA · BNA runway diagrams
XII HUC-12 watershed
Tree Canopy Coverage
A measurable proxy for local air quality.
SOURCE: EPA EnviroAtlas
XIII Quality-of-life
Event-Venue Density
Race weekends, concerts, public gatherings.
SOURCE: OSM · curated supplement
XIV Vol. II
Agricultural Adjacency
The farm behind the fence line — crop, rotation, drift.
SOURCE: USDA NASS Crop Sequence Boundaries
XV Vol. II
Flood Zones
Zone AE, Zone X, and what the “100-year flood” actually means.
SOURCE: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
GEO Special chapter
Karst & Sinkholes
The dissolving limestone under all of it.
SOURCE: SSURGO · Macrostrat
STR Special chapter
Cell Towers
The structure you can see, the record you haven’t read.
SOURCE: FCC ASR
GRD Vol. II
The Family Cemetery
Protected ground, easy to miss, well-recorded.
SOURCE: USGS GNIS · OSM
MTH Vol. II
The Meth House
Contaminated, quarantined, and invisible at a showing.
SOURCE: TDEC Division of Remediation
REG Vol. II
The Historic District
Two maps — one honors the neighborhood, one governs your renovation.
SOURCE: NPS National Register

Neighborhood editions

13 editions · Middle Tennessee
37064 / 37067 73 Franklin NOTABLE 37206 / 37216 71 East Nashville NOTABLE 37209 62 The Nations NOTABLE 37209 78 Sylvan Park NOTABLE 37205 / 37221 86 West Meade CLEAR 37212 73 Belmont / Hillsboro NOTABLE 37214 64 Donelson NOTABLE 37215 81 Green Hills CLEAR 37205 88 Belle Meade CLEAR 37211 75 Crieve Hall NOTABLE 37216 70 Inglewood NOTABLE 37208 65 Germantown NOTABLE 37013 67 Antioch NOTABLE

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