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Kit Carson County, Colorado: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Kit Carson County is 146.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 177 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (47), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (42), Industrial wastewater discharge (26). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 20 in a million, driven mainly by formaldehyde.

Rates are age-adjusted per 100,000 people. A cancer signal is marked significant when the lower bound of its 95 percent confidence interval is above the U.S. rate. Facility counts use active federal records located inside the county boundary. Approximate county center: 39.3384, -102.602.

How this county ranks in Colorado

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Cancer deaths and new cases versus the United States

Source: NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles, both sexes, all ages. Sorted by the ratio of the county rate to the U.S. rate.

Cancer rates for Kit Carson County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	33.2	30.2	1.1x	18.9 to 55.1	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	146.8	143.2	1.03x	115 to 185.6	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	51.4	51.8	0.99x	32.6 to 78	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	340.9	453.4	0.75x	288.9 to 400.3	2019-2023

Mortality measures versus the U.S. county median

Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. The comparison value is the median of all U.S. counties.

Mortality measures for Kit Carson County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	10,203.8	9,842.6	+4%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	75.6	75.3	+0%	years
Child mortality	n/a	59.8	n/a	deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality	n/a	6.2	n/a	deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths	158.7	96.9	+64%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	n/a	28.6	n/a	deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 20 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde10.47 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.6 per million
Acetaldehyde0.7 per million
Benzene0.51 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

No EPA air quality monitor reports daily AQI for this county.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

177 active records inside the county from EPA ECHO, TRI, Superfund, Brownfields, NPDES, EIA, FAA, FRA and corrections data.

Rail grade crossing47
NPDES wastewater discharge permit42
Industrial wastewater discharge26
Air permit holder (minor source)25
Gas station (mapped facility)13
Landfill (mapped facility)8
Brownfield property4
Wind power plant4
Public airport3
Major air pollution source1
Commercial airport1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Oil-fired power plant1
Scrapyard (mapped facility)1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Kit Carson County Landfill, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054101707 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Bethune Wwtw, Bethune
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070529517 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Burlington City Of Wwtf, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $107,174.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071863534 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Burlington (Co), Burlington
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 6619 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4.1
Tri State Generation Burlington, Burlington
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110002077877 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Burlington, City Of, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $107,174.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009128167 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Halde Redi-Mix Inc, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110054118548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Flagler Wwtf, Flagler
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071863598 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Stratton Auto Recycling, Stratton
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017344033 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Harvest Heights Housing Development, Stratton
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071971514 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Blighted Elementary School, Stratton
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071971515 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Burlington Gymnasium, Burlington
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071986713 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Seibert Wwtf, Seibert
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010055652 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Burlington City Of Wwtf, Burlington
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit COG591114: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.9
Stratton Town Of-Chlorinator For Grasser Well, Stratton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013181902 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Burlington-Kit Carson Cnty Airport, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032614516 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Schlosser Inc, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110046316553 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Stratton Wwtf, Stratton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071864662 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Stratton Wwtf, Stratton
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit COG591100: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.7
Flagler Wwtf, Flagler
Industrial wastewater discharge. Significant/Category I Noncompliance.
NPDES permit COG591036: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 2.6
Cedar Rose Farms Inc, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $45,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071539712 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Kit Carson County, Burlington
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID ITR (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1296368216 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1296805428 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1307650906 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

No correctional facility with an EPA record is located in this county.

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Kit Carson County

Colorado state cancer registry
Cancer incidence counts by census tract or ZIP code, by cancer type and year (de-identified). Any cancer cluster inquiries or investigations in Kit Carson County, and their findings.
Colorado vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Colorado health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Colorado environmental agency and the U.S. EPA regional office
Compliance history, inspection reports, notices of violation, penalties and enforcement actions for each facility above, cited by EPA FRS registry ID.
Colorado drinking water program
Violation notices, sampling results and sanitary surveys for the public water systems serving the county, including any system serving a correctional facility.
Department of corrections or county sheriff
Water testing, grievances and environmental health inspections for the correctional facilities listed above.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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