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Dundy County, Nebraska: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 64 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (39), Air permit holder (minor source) (11), Brownfield property (5). 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: 40.1765, -101.6886.

How this county ranks in Nebraska

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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 Dundy County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerNew cases283.4453.40.63x197.5 to 402.12019-2023

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 Dundy County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death7,919.29,842.6-20%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancyn/a75.3n/ayears
Child mortalityn/a59.8n/adeaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortalityn/a6.2n/adeaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deathsn/a96.9n/adeaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deathsn/a28.6n/adeaths 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.

  • Formaldehyde11.01 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.7 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.73 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

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

  • Rail grade crossing39
  • Air permit holder (minor source)11
  • Brownfield property5
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit4
  • Public airport2
  • Scrapyard (mapped facility)2
  • 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.

  1. 214 Dakota Street, Benkelman

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071973403 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  2. 521 Chief Street, Benkelman

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071973407 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  3. 1010-1016 Chief Street, Benkelman

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071973409 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  4. Collinsville Redevelopment, Benkelman

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071973410 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  5. 914 Chief Street, Benkelman

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071973411 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  6. Wastewater Plant

    Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.

    Record ID way/880400796 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  7. Benkelman Wastewater Treatment Facility, Benkelman

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006579764 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  8. Rock Creek State Fish Hatchery, Parks

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110009841528 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  9. Baney Feeders, Llc, Parks

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110037940235 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  10. Blackshirt Feeders Lp, Haigler

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071867741 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  11. Private, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077639V (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  12. Private, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077640P (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  13. Private, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077641W (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  14. Private, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077642D (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  15. Max Wauneta Rd, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077643K (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  16. Private, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077645Y (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  17. Private, Max

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077646F (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  18. Private, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077647M (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  19. Private, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077649B (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  20. Chief St, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077650V (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  21. Private, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077653R (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  22. Private, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077654X (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  23. Ave 333, Benkelman

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077656L (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  24. Private, Parks

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077657T (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  25. Private, Parks

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 077658A (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 Dundy County

  • Nebraska 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 Dundy County, and their findings.

  • Nebraska vital statistics office

    Death certificate counts by cause of death and residence tract or ZIP code, and the years behind the mortality measures above.

  • Nebraska health department, environmental epidemiology

    Health consultations or assessments by ATSDR or the state health department covering the county, and any exposure investigations.

  • Nebraska 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.

  • Nebraska 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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