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Kearny County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Kearny County is 152.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 93 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (26), Air permit holder (minor source) (21), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (18). 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: 37.9975, -101.3222.

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 Kearny County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	152.6	143.2	1.07x	106.6 to 212.7	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	325.5	453.4	0.72x	254.3 to 411.2	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 Kearny County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,023.2	9,842.6	-18%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.4	75.3	+1%	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	98.6	96.9	+2%	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.

Formaldehyde12.91 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.7 per million
Acetaldehyde0.87 per million
Benzene0.49 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

93 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)21
NPDES wastewater discharge permit18
Industrial wastewater discharge14
Major air pollution source5
Gas station (mapped facility)5
Public airport3
Auto repair or body shop (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.

Bp America Production Company, Ulysses
Major air pollution source. Penalties $3,750.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010322686 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6
Scout V - Tate Station (Air), Lakin
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010322677 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Et Gathering & Processing - Hugoton #3 Station (Air), Hugoton
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010422747 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Tallgrass Interstate - Lakin Station, Lakin
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010422756 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Lakin Gas Processing Plant, Lakin
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017433464 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Kearny County, Lakin
Public airport. O.
Record ID 36K (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Tate Grow Yard, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011220650 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rising Star Dairy, Llc, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011220963 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Davis Family Livestock, Llc, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221123 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Friendship Farms, Llc #1, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221141 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Friendship Farms Llc, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221203 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lakin Dairy, Llp, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221926 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kearny County Feeders, Llc, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011225753 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gottsch Feed Yard, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011225799 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rocking T Ranch, Llc, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015979422 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Southwest Ag Services, Holcomb
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015982604 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Syracuse Dairy, Llc - Webber Dairy, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055203257 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kearny County Landfill, Unknown
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055222254 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kansas Dairy Development - North Expansion, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070546930 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Venture-Lakin, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071068937 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kearny County, Landfill Soil Borrow Source, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071903773 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Lf Bioenergy-Deerfield Dairy Project, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071945217 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kansas Dairy Development, Deerfield
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072165834 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Trinity Feed Yard - West, Lakin
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID xfc46fa7091200920beed89aa2f5df7f7 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
County Line Rd, Deerfield
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 012953Y (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 Kearny 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 Kearny 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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