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Sedgwick County, Colorado: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Sedgwick County is 208.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. Federal databases place 82 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (31), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (19), Air permit holder (minor source) (15). 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: 40.8712, -102.3517.

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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 Sedgwick County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerDeaths208.8143.21.46xSignificant149 to 2912020-2024
All cancerNew cases329453.40.73x253.9 to 425.82019-2023

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 Sedgwick County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death13,182.59,842.6+34%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy73.575.3-2%years
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths131.196.9+35%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde10.57 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.67 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.72 per million
  • Pahpom0.49 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Rail grade crossing31
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit19
  • Air permit holder (minor source)15
  • Industrial wastewater discharge8
  • Gas station (mapped facility)4
  • Public airport1
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Oil-fired power plant1
  • Wastewater plant (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.

  1. Julesburg Town Of, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010054216 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  2. Julesburg, Julesburg

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 504 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  3. Ovid Town Of, Sedgwick County

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110024582771 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  4. Julesburg Town Of, Julesburg

    Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.

    NPDES permit CO0021113: (U.S. EPA NPDES)

    Severity 2.3

  5. Julesburg Muni, Julesburg

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID 7V8 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  6. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/1265055007 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  7. Landfill

    Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/1265099545 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  8. Seaboard Foods - Farm 20, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267566 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  9. Seaboard Foods - Farm 21, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267575 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  10. Seaboard Foods - Farm 22, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267584 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  11. Seaboard Foods - Farm 23, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267593 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  12. Seaboard Foods - Farm 24, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267600 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  13. Seaboard Foods - Farm 25, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267619 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  14. Seaboard Foods - Farm 26, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267628 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  15. Seaboard Foods - Farm 116, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267646 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  16. Seaboard Foods - Farm 117, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267655 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  17. Seaboard Foods - Farm 118, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267664 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  18. Seaboard Foods - Farm 276, Ovid

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267682 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  19. Seaboard Foods - Farm 277, Ovid

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044267691 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  20. Julesburg Town Of, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070000504 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  21. Sedgwick County Construction Borrow Area, Julesburg

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071427065 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  22. Cdot Sedgwick Vsf & Sand Shed, Sedgwick

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071884623 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  23. Waste Water Treatment Plant (Sedgwick Co), Sedgwick

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110072104660 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  24. Waste Water Treatment Plant (Sedgwick, Co), Sedgwick

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110072110696 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  25. Private, Julesburg

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 805396G (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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.

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