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Cheyenne County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Cheyenne County is 160 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 83 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (26), Air permit holder (minor source) (25), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (8). 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: 39.7804, -101.7318.

How this county ranks in Kansas

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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 Cheyenne County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	160	143.2	1.12x	108.8 to 230.6	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	412.9	453.4	0.91x	318.9 to 528.1	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 Cheyenne County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,105.1	9,842.6	-7%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.4	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	106.6	96.9	+10%	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.

Formaldehyde10.85 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.68 per million
Acetaldehyde0.73 per million
Pahpom0.47 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing26
Air permit holder (minor source)25
NPDES wastewater discharge permit8
Industrial wastewater discharge7
Gas station (mapped facility)5
Public airport2
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
Oil-fired power plant2
Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
Major air pollution source1
Commercial airport1
Brownfield property1
Landfill (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.

St Francis, St Francis
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 1321 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Bird City, Bird City
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 1224 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Southern Star Central - St. Francis Station, Saint Francis
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010393895 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
St Francis Bta, St. Francis
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071970624 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Saint Francis Sewer Treatment Plant C/O City Hall, St Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010837210 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Bressler Fld, Bird City
Public airport. O.
Record ID 5K0 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Cheyenne County Muni, St Francis
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID SYF (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1395674569 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Callicrate Cattle Company, Saint Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011223719 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cheyenne County Feedyard, Saint Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011224638 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Saint Francis Feed Yard, Saint Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015979075 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bird City Dairy, Llc, Bird City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055200811 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
St Francis Redi Mix, Inc, St Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055625578 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cheyenne Co., Wheeler
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072133967 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cheyenne County Landfill, Saint Francis
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072221574 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
N Benton Street, St Francis
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076824L (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 15, St Francis
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076825T (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 19, Wheeler
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076829V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 20, Wheeler
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076830P (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 21, Wheeler
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076831W (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 23, Bird City
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076833K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 25, Bird City
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076836F (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 26, Bird City
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076837M (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road 27, Bird City
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076839B (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
K-161 Highway, Bird City
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 076840V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2

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 Cheyenne County

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