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Harding County, New Mexico: environmental and disease records

Federal databases place 10 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Air permit holder (minor source) (4), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (3), Public airport (2). 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: 35.8032, -103.8726.

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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 Harding County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
All cancerNew cases339.8453.40.75x188.6 to 609.92019-2023

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 Harding County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature deathn/a9,842.6n/ayears 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: 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.

  • Formaldehyde9.62 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.49 per million
  • Acetaldehyde0.59 per million
  • Benzene0.36 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Air permit holder (minor source)4
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit3
  • Public airport2
  • Heliport1

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. Nmdot Control Number (Cn) 4100880, Mosquero

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070204085 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  2. Third Street, Melville Street, And Champlain Street Improvements, Roy

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071359387 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  3. Mosquero Combined School, Mosquero

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071541452 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1.5

  4. 150tph Cedarapids Asphalt Plant No0600, Portable Source

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022740809 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1

  5. Eljay 504 200tph No0518, Portable Source

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022744823 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1

  6. Pat'S Service Station Corrective Action, New Mexico

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022776682 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1

  7. Six-M #2 - Gcp5 - 10210, Mosquero

    Air permit holder (minor source).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110071667220 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 1

  8. Mosquero Emergency Services, Mosquero

    Heliport. O.

    Record ID N01 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 0.5

  9. Tequesquite Ranch, Albert

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID NM10 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 0.5

  10. Ray Ranch, Roy

    Public airport. O.

    Record ID NM17 (FAA / U.S. DOT)

    Severity 0.5

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 Harding 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 Harding 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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