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Osage County, Oklahoma: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Osage County is 155.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 1.3 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 232 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Air permit holder (minor source) (115), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (54), Gas station (mapped facility) (14). One correctional facility operates in the county, at least one with health-based drinking water violations on record. EPA AirToxScreen estimates a lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics of 30 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: 36.5794, -96.4472.

How this county ranks in Oklahoma

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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 Osage County compared with the United States
CancerMeasureCounty rateU.S. rateTimes U.S.95% intervalYears
Non-Hodgkin lymphomaDeaths7.14.81.48x4.5 to 112020-2024
Brain & nervous systemDeaths5.74.41.3x3.3 to 9.22020-2024
Brain & nervous systemNew cases7.96.21.27x4.7 to 12.42019-2023
Lung & bronchusDeaths38.130.21.26xSignificant32 to 45.32020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvisNew cases21.217.91.18x16.4 to 27.12019-2023
LeukemiaNew cases16.514.51.14x12.3 to 222019-2023
Liver & bile ductNew cases9.88.71.13x6.9 to 13.92019-2023
Lung & bronchusNew cases56.851.81.1x49.2 to 65.52019-2023
All cancerDeaths155.6143.21.09x142.5 to 169.72020-2024
StomachNew cases7.16.61.08x4.5 to 112019-2023
LeukemiaDeaths65.71.05x3.6 to 9.62020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphomaNew cases19.218.51.04x14.7 to 24.92019-2023
Liver & bile ductDeaths6.86.61.03x4.5 to 10.22020-2024
PancreasDeaths11.311.31x8 to 15.72020-2024
All cancerNew cases449.6453.40.99x426.1 to 474.12019-2023
ThyroidNew cases12.6130.97x8.5 to 18.12019-2023
BladderNew cases17.318.70.93x13 to 22.72019-2023
PancreasNew cases1213.90.86x8.6 to 16.52019-2023
Melanoma of the skinNew cases14.423.80.61x10.3 to 19.82019-2023

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 Osage County
MeasureCountyU.S. medianDifferenceUnit
Premature death10,239.59,842.6+4%years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy75.875.3+1%years
Child mortality71.959.8+20%deaths under age 18 per 100,000
Infant mortality8.56.2+37%deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Injury deaths103.396.9+7%deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths25.328.6-11%deaths per 100,000

Air toxics and air quality

EPA AirToxScreen 2020

Lifetime cancer risk from outdoor air toxics: 30 in a million. EPA treats 100 in a million as the upper end of acceptable risk and 1 in a million as the goal.

  • Formaldehyde21.38 per million
  • Carbon Tetrachloride2.89 per million
  • Acetaldehyde1.79 per million
  • Benzene1.08 per million

EPA Air Quality Index 2025

Monitored on 284 days: 232 good, 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse. Median AQI 42, peak 105.

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

  • Air permit holder (minor source)115
  • NPDES wastewater discharge permit54
  • Gas station (mapped facility)14
  • Brownfield property12
  • Public airport10
  • Small hazardous waste generator4
  • Wastewater plant (mapped facility)3
  • Major air pollution source2
  • Commercial airport2
  • Large hazardous waste generator2
  • Hazardous waste transporter2
  • Heliport2
  • EPA air quality monitor1
  • Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)1
  • Correctional facility (prison or jail)1
  • Large greenhouse gas emitter1
  • Landfill (mapped facility)1
  • Biomass power plant1
  • Oil-fired power plant1
  • Wind power plant1
  • TRI reporting facility1
  • Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)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. Baker Petrolite Llc - Barnsdall, Ok, Barnsdall

    TRI reporting facility. Penalties $6,108.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000454348 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 9.6

  2. Nucera Solutions Llc, Barnsdall

    Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Toluene, Ethylene, tert-Butyl alcohol, Propylene and 2 more. 3,992,438 lbs released over 5 years.

    TRI facility ID 74002PTRLTBIRCH (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)

    Severity 8.1

  3. Baker Petrolite Llc - Barnsdall, Ok, Barnsdall

    Major air pollution source. Penalties $6,108.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000454348 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6.5

  4. Baker Petrolite Llc - Barnsdall, Ok, Barnsdall

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $6,108.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000454348 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 6

  5. Dick Conner Correctional Center, Hominy

    Correctional facility (prison or jail).

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006113366 (U.S. EPA ECHO + SDWIS) Agency record

    Severity 5.8

  6. Baker Petrolite Llc - Barnsdall, Ok, Barnsdall

    Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $6,108.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110000454348 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.5

  7. Dick Conner Correctional Center, Hominy

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110006113366 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  8. Barnsdall, City Of, Barnsdall

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110011008925 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 4.3

  9. Pawhuska, Pawhuska

    Oil-fired power plant.

    Record ID 2995 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

    Severity 4

  10. American Environmental Landfill, Sand Springs

    Major air pollution source.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110070691858 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.8

  11. Chevron Phillips Ch/Cpcc Phillips Resear, Bartlesville

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110008059965 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  12. Phillips Research Center, Bartlesville

    Large hazardous waste generator.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110010359030 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  13. Hominy Wtp, Hominy

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110011006623 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  14. Shidler, City Of, Shidler

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110022620047 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  15. Anchor Stone Co-Candy Creek Crusher, Avant

    NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $2,500.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110057191667 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record

    Severity 3.5

  16. Private-Owner Industrial Property (Is, Pr), Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548068 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  17. Medicine Park (Med Pk), Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548077 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  18. Lawton Abandoned Wwtp, Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548086 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  19. Devol Refinery, Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548095 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  20. Cache Bank Building, Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548111 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  21. Sugar Creek Watershed, Bartlesville

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110039548120 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  22. Pawhuska Armory, Pawhuska

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110044763226 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  23. Chickasha Manufacturing Co, Okesa

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110060939533 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  24. Diamond Shamrock, Okesa

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110060975495 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

  25. Fort Sill Garden Apartments, Okesa

    Brownfield property.

    EPA FRS registry ID 110060975510 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record

    Severity 3

Correctional facilities

Prisons, jails and corrections operations with an EPA facility record, and the drinking water and wastewater compliance attached to them.

  • Dick Conner Correctional Center, Hominy

    EPA FRS registry ID
    110006113366
    Water system
    OK3005722
    Health-based violations
    24 all time, 0 in 5 years
    All violations
    49
    Contaminants cited
    TTHM, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
    Wastewater permit
    Yes, significant noncompliance, 11 quarters in noncompliance

    EPA detailed facility report

Discovery / public records

Records to request for Osage County

  • Oklahoma 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 Osage County, and their findings.

  • Oklahoma vital statistics office

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

  • Oklahoma health department, environmental epidemiology

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

  • Oklahoma 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.

  • Oklahoma 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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