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Fillmore County, Minnesota: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Fillmore County is 160.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 141 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Industrial wastewater discharge (54), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (27), Air permit holder (minor source) (17). 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: 43.674, -92.0901.

How this county ranks in Minnesota

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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 Fillmore County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Leukemia	Deaths	9.8	5.7	1.72x	5.6 to 16.5	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	25.9	18.5	1.4x	18.2 to 36	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	24.9	17.9	1.39x	17.3 to 35	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	31.2	23.8	1.31x	22.5 to 42.4	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	16.6	13	1.28x	9.4 to 26.9	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	17.5	14.5	1.21x	11.1 to 26.6	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	13.2	11.3	1.17x	8.3 to 20.4	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	160.8	143.2	1.12x	141.9 to 181.8	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	504.6	453.4	1.11xSignificant	468.1 to 543.5	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	55.1	51.8	1.06x	44.2 to 68.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	26.4	30.2	0.87x	19.3 to 35.7	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	10.9	13.9	0.78x	6.3 to 17.9	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	14.6	18.7	0.78x	9.2 to 22.3	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 Fillmore County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	6,031.7	9,842.6	-39%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	79.6	75.3	+6%	years
Child mortality	66.8	59.8	+12%	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	83.1	96.9	-14%	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.

Formaldehyde14.09 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.95 per million
Acetaldehyde1.26 per million
Benzene1.08 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Industrial wastewater discharge54
NPDES wastewater discharge permit27
Air permit holder (minor source)17
Gas station (mapped facility)12
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)6
Small hazardous waste generator5
Public airport3
TRI reporting facility3
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)3
Major air pollution source2
Brownfield property2
Oil-fired power plant2
Commercial airport1
Large greenhouse gas emitter1
Large hazardous waste generator1
Gas power plant1
Scrapyard (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.

Strongwell - Chatfield Div, Chatfield
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Methanol, Styrene, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. Reports carcinogens. 293,263 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 55923FCDVFHWY52 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 8.7
Poet Biorefning - Preston Llc, Preston
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: n-Hexane, Acetaldehyde, Formic acid, Acrolein and 4 more. Reports carcinogens. 25,374 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 55965PRCRN701IN (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 7.9
Poet Biorefining - Preston, Llc, Preston
TRI reporting facility. Penalties $14,918.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000426548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7.8
Strongwell ? Chatfield Division, Chatfield
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000594633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 6.2
Poet Biorefining - Preston, Llc, Preston
Major air pollution source. Penalties $14,918.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000426548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5.5
Poet Biorefining - Preston, Llc, Preston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $14,918.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000426548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 5
Poet Biorefining - Preston, Llc, Preston
Large greenhouse gas emitter. Penalties $14,918.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000426548 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Fountain Wwtp, Fountain
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $8,925.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816326 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Spring Valley, Spring Valley
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 2013 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Lanesboro, Lanesboro
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 1987 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Foremost Farms Usa, Preston
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816264 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Strongwell ? Chatfield Division, Chatfield
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000594633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Spring Valley Wwtp, Spring Valley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816433 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Knife River Midwest Llc Crushing Plant 2 - Nm, Harmony
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $16,410.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816656 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Preston (Mn), Preston
Gas power plant.
Record ID 2004 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 3
Rushford Farmers Coop Elevator, Rushford
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071654332 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
L &Amp; L Grain Elevator, Wykoff
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071901740 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Strongwell ? Chatfield Division, Chatfield
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000594633 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Rushford Wwtp, Rushford
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006739020 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Wykoff Wwtp, Wykoff
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816736 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Spring Valley Wwtp, Spring Valley
Industrial wastewater discharge. Violation Identified.
NPDES permit MN0051934: (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 3
Preston Protein Products, Preston
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid.
TRI facility ID 55965WSCNS220ST (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Lanesboro Wwtp, Lanesboro
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816601 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Preston Wwtp, Preston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008816479 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Eickhoff Fertilizer Inc., Fountain
Air permit holder (minor source). Penalties $2,000.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000709494 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 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 Fillmore County

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