KS / county FIPS 20031 / county research

Coffey County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Coffey County is 148.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 138 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (34), Rail grade crossing (30), Air permit holder (minor source) (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: 38.235, -95.7379.

How this county ranks in Kansas

View on the heat map Scan an address in this county

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 Coffey County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	52.6	23.8	2.21xSignificant	34.4 to 77.7	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	33.9	17.9	1.89xSignificant	19.9 to 54.9	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	71.8	51.8	1.39xSignificant	53 to 96.6	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	38.9	30.2	1.29x	24.9 to 59.1	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	563.6	453.4	1.24xSignificant	503.2 to 630.2	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	22.3	18.7	1.19x	12.9 to 37.9	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	148.6	143.2	1.04x	120.1 to 182.9	2020-2024

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 Coffey County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,565.8	9,842.6	-23%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.6	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	119	96.9	+23%	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.

Formaldehyde17.77 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
Acetaldehyde1.6 per million
Benzene0.84 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge34
Rail grade crossing30
Air permit holder (minor source)26
NPDES wastewater discharge permit23
Gas station (mapped facility)12
Brownfield property2
Oil-fired power plant2
Public airport1
Commercial airport1
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
Small hazardous waste generator1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Gas power plant1
Nuclear power plant1
Wind 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.

Wolf Creek Generating Station, Burlington
Nuclear power plant.
Record ID 210 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4.2
Sharpe, Waverly
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 7973 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Wolf Creek Generator, Burlington
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 62590 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Waverly Sewer Treatment Plant C/O City Hall, Waverly
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011226379 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Burlington (Ks), Burlington
Gas power plant.
Record ID 1266 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 3
Leroy Community Center Bta, Leroy
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043241578 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Coffey County Housing Bta, Burlington
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071975910 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp., Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000613284 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Lebo Sewer Treatment Plant C/O City Hall, Lebo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011226477 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Leroy City Of Sewer Treatment Plant, Leroy
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009741725 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Conoco Travel Center (Wwtp), Lebo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011224200 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Coffey County, Burlington
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID UKL (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Wolf Creek Spent Fuel Storage
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1290131608 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1549195062 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Beto Junction Travel Plaza, Lebo
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006012108 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Beto Jct. Travel Plaza - Hpt Inv. (Wwtp), Lebo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011224040 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Burlinton Wwtp, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039691465 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Coffey Co. S.D. #1 (Jacobs Creek) (Wwtp), Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009966885 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gridley City Of Sewer Treatment Plant, Gridley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009967893 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Harshman Const. - Paxson Quarry (Air), Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010324210 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sunflower Livestock, Waverly
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010799993 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
New Strawn Wastewater Plant Ronald Parkey, New Strawn
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011219911 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Burlington Athletic Complex, Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017444381 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Burlington, City Of (Water Treatment), Burlington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022844519 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Harshman Construction - Lebo Quarry, Lebo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039404908 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5

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 Coffey 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 Coffey 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.

Scan an address in Coffey County View on the heat map All Kansas counties