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Guadalupe County, New Mexico: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Guadalupe County is 156.3 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 84 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Gas station (mapped facility) (21), Rail grade crossing (20), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (19). 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: 34.7828, -104.7097.

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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 Guadalupe County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	156.3	143.2	1.09x	117.2 to 206.7	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	325.7	453.4	0.72x	261.8 to 401.8	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 Guadalupe County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	12,650.5	9,842.6	+29%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	73.9	75.3	-2%	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	129.2	96.9	+33%	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: 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.

Formaldehyde10.12 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.51 per million
Acetaldehyde0.6 per million
Benzene0.58 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Gas station (mapped facility)21
Rail grade crossing20
NPDES wastewater discharge permit19
Air permit holder (minor source)9
Scrapyard (mapped facility)6
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
Brownfield property2
Public airport1
Commercial airport1
Large hazardous waste generator1
Wind power plant1
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.

City Of Santa Rosa Wastewater, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110006702899 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Santa Rosa Twin Lakes Club House, Santa Rosa
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071980706 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Santa Rosa City Hall, Santa Rosa
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071983646 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Union Pacific Railroad - Santa Rosa, Nm Derailment, Santa Rosa
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID x792f8f040e53067b10ed7055a163505c (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Vaughn Muni, Vaughn
Public airport. O.
Record ID N17 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Santa Rosa Route 66, Santa Rosa
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID SXU (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Santa Rosa WTP, Santa Rosa
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/262403167 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Rock Lake State Hatchery, Gradalupe County
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064606715 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Nmdot Project/Cn 4100320 (Borrow Pit), Newkirk
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070053791 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Town Of Vaughn Phase 1 Water Improvements Project, Vaughn
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070381812 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cemco-318 & 5 Concrete Batch Plant (Aragonne Wind Wind Farm), Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070938680 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
El Centro Family Health - Las Vegas, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071295270 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Collins Dental - Las Vegas, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071296278 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Divine Dental Centre - Las Vegas, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071298135 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dahlia Pump Station, Dahlia
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071298247 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Garcia Dental Care - Las Vegas, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071299094 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dr. Edward Ebell Dds, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071336670 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sanchez Dental, Las Vegas
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071337639 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Reilly Road Reconstruction, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071346615 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
City Of Santa Rosa 5th Street Water And Sewer Improvements, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071907132 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cn: 4100860 Crusher, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071926618 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Rus Reconnect Projects Within The Corona Exchange, Vaughn
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071962451 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bar Y Road Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072002048 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Santa Rosa Auto Loading Facility Expansion, Santa Rosa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072073206 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cn: 4102110 Hot Plant And Staging Area, Cuervo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110072232455 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5

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 Guadalupe County

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