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Wheeler County, Georgia: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Wheeler County is 132.2 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 50 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (28), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (13), Gas station (mapped facility) (4). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 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: 32.1143, -82.7645.

How this county ranks in Georgia

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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 Wheeler County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	New cases	52.4	51.8	1.01x	33.4 to 79.3	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	132.2	143.2	0.92x	100.9 to 171	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	336.6	453.4	0.74x	283.9 to 396.8	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 Wheeler County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,896.2	9,842.6	-10%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.5	75.3	+2%	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	67.9	96.9	-30%	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: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

Formaldehyde22.02 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.91 per million
Acetaldehyde2.24 per million
Pahpom0.65 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing28
NPDES wastewater discharge permit13
Gas station (mapped facility)4
Industrial wastewater discharge4
Commercial airport1

Highest-severity records

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

Glenwood, City Of (Glenwood Wpcp), Glenwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010041472 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Scotland, City Of (Scotland Wpcp), Scotland
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010040641 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Mcrae Sand Pit, Mcrae
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070688419 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Little Ocmulgee State Park, Helena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $9,754.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071371372 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Alamo Wpcp, Alamo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010039449 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Telfair-Wheeler, Mc Rae
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID MQW (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Alamo, City Of, Alamo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110013121807 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Glenwood, City Of (Glenwood Wpcp), Glenwood
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110067178618 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wheeler County K-12, Alamo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070894569 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alamo Georgia Family Dollar, Alamo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071069371 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Johnson County- Ga Tia Project #Hg-0747-Tuckers Grove Church Rd, Wrightsville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071510660 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alligator Creek Solar Substation, Avants
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071904534 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alamo Tap To Glenwood Phase 3, Alamo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071955198 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Alligator Creek Solar Array, Mcrae-Helena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072072904 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Private, Helena
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 977941V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Pvt-Residence, Alamo
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 977940N (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.1
Ochwalkee Rd, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635165D (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
N First St, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635167S (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
N Second St, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635168Y (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
N Third St, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635169F (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
N Fifth St, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635170A (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
Private, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635171G (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
Stuckey Church Rd, Glenwood
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635172N (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
Forestry Rd, Alamo
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635173V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1
Snowhill Rd, Alamo
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 635175J (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1

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 Wheeler County

Georgia 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 Wheeler County, and their findings.
Georgia vital statistics office
Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.
Georgia health department, environmental epidemiology
Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.
Georgia 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.
Georgia 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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