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Garden County, Nebraska: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Garden County is 121.9 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 62 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (52), Air permit holder (minor source) (3), Commercial airport (1). EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 10 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: 41.6558, -102.3111.

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 Garden County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerNew cases407.7453.40.9x310.4 to 533.82019-2023
All cancerDeaths121.9143.20.85x80.2 to 191.72020-2024

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 Garden County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death8,538.69,842.6-13%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy76.675.3+2%years
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 deaths215.996.9+123%deaths 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: 10 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

  • Formaldehyde10.25 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.67 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.67 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

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

  • Rail grade crossing52
  • Air permit holder (minor source)3
  • Commercial airport1
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
  • Brownfield property1
  • Gas station (mapped facility)1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit1
  • 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. Former Midwec Building, Oshkosh

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071978970 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  2. Garden County/King Rhiley Fld, Oshkosh

    Commercial airport. O.

    Record ID OKS (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 2

  3. Ohkosh Burn Side

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

    Record ID way/1501232009 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  4. Oshkosh Wastewater Treatment

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

    Record ID way/1501232011 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record

    Severity 2

  5. Oshkosh Feedyard Corporation, Oshkosh

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006588996 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  6. Road 199/School Street, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816530W (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  7. Road 199a, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816532K (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  8. Private, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816534Y (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  9. Hwy 92, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816535F (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  10. Private, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816537U (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  11. Road 205, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816539H (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  12. Private, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816541J (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  13. Road 207, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816542R (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  14. Private, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816544E (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  15. Private, Lewellen

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816545L (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  16. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816932D (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  17. Road 159, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816933K (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  18. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816934S (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  19. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816935Y (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  20. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816936F (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  21. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816937M (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  22. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816939B (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  23. Private, Lisco

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816941C (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  24. Private, Oshkosh

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816942J (Federal Railroad Administration)

    Severity 1.3

  25. Private, Oshkosh

    Rail grade crossing.

    Record ID 816943R (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 Garden 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 Garden 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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