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Stanton County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Stanton County is 125.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 80 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (30), Air permit holder (minor source) (21), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (13). 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: 37.5803, -101.7841.

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 Stanton County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	125.3	143.2	0.88x	72.4 to 204.9	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	358.2	453.4	0.79x	258 to 486.1	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 Stanton County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,496.4	9,842.6	-24%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.9	75.3	+5%	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde12.06 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.68 per million
Acetaldehyde0.8 per million
Pahpom0.39 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing30
Air permit holder (minor source)21
NPDES wastewater discharge permit13
Industrial wastewater discharge11
Commercial airport1
Gas station (mapped facility)1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Oil-fired power plant1
Solar power plant1

Highest-severity records

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

Johnson, Johnson
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 6579 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Stanton County Muni, Johnson City
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID JHN (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Stanton County Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID node/13626178405 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Floyd Feedyard, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010837684 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Seaboard Foods - Shore #10, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010837826 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Time Line Dairy, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221506 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Seaboard Foods Llc Cook Farm, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011222382 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Seaboard Farms Llc Farm #238, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011222532 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Seaboard Foods - Shore #239, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011222541 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Westside Dairy Llc, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015979440 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rocking Heifer #2, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055195925 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Prairie Wind Heifer Development, Llc, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055196005 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Eastside Dairy, Ii L.L.C., Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055196041 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Premier Heifers, Llc, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110058289490 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Croell, Inc. - Johnson City Ready-Mix Plant, Johnson City
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070501099 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Premier Heifers Llc, Johnson
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071657096 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
S A Road, Ulysses
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013312V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Private Road, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013313C (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Big Bow Grade Street, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013314J (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road C, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013315R (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road D, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013316X (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road E, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013317E (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road F, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013318L (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road G, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013319T (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
S Road H, Johnson
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 013320M (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 Stanton 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 Stanton 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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