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Wallace County, Kansas: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 48 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (16), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (9), Air permit holder (minor source) (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: 38.93, -101.7634.

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 Wallace County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	344.3	453.4	0.76x	223.1 to 508	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 Wallace County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	n/a	9,842.6	n/a	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	n/a	75.3	n/a	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.

Formaldehyde11.23 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.66 per million
Acetaldehyde0.75 per million
Pahpom0.45 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing16
NPDES wastewater discharge permit9
Air permit holder (minor source)8
Industrial wastewater discharge8
Public airport2
Gas station (mapped facility)2
Brownfield property1
Landfill (mapped facility)1
Gas 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.

Sharon Spring, Sharon Springs
Gas power plant.
Record ID 1324 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 3
Ss Country Store Bta, Sharon Springs
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110041303229 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1099439980 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Purvis Cattle Co, Inc., Weskan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110011221105 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
40-100 Ka-3916-01, Sharon Springs
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071363599 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
40-100 Ka-4067-01, Wallace
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071364440 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
40-100 Ka-3914-01, Sharon Springs
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071365712 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
27-100 Ka-5739-01, Sharon Springs
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071510951 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mark Smith Wetlands, Sharon Springs
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071784814 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ka-5738-01, Wallace
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072072647 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wallace County 100 C-5362-01 (Off #29), Weskan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072156914 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Smoky Hill Mitigation, Sharon Springs
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID x8c3675c994eb0e1c40505f292b8f6a3b (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Road Wa N15, Sharon Springs
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 814358W (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Private, Weskan
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815006U (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road Wa-N3, Weskan
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815007B (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Weskan Avenue, Weskan
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815008H (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Road Wa N6, Weskan
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815010J (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Private, Weskan
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815011R (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Private, Sharon Springs
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815013E (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Main Street, Sharon Springs
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815015T (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Wa S-21 Road, Sharon Springs
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815018N (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Wa S-24 Road, Wallace
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815019V (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
2nd Street, Wallace
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815021W (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Wa N-30 Road, Wallace
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815023K (Federal Railroad Administration)
Severity 1.2
Private, Wallace
Rail grade crossing.
Record ID 815024S (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 Wallace 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 Wallace 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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