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Armstrong County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Armstrong County is 146.1 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 64 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (34), Rail grade crossing (24), Gas station (mapped facility) (4). 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: 34.9648, -101.3572.

How this county ranks in Texas

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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 Armstrong County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	New cases	530.9	453.4	1.17x	406.7 to 684.5	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	146.1	143.2	1.02x	88.2 to 233.8	2020-2024

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 Armstrong County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	16,065.2	9,842.6	+63%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	69.7	75.3	-7%	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	n/a	96.9	n/a	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: 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.

Formaldehyde12.76 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.65 per million
Acetaldehyde0.79 per million
Benzene0.56 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.

NPDES wastewater discharge permit34
Rail grade crossing24
Gas station (mapped facility)4
Public airport1
Auto repair or body shop (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.

Duininck Inc Armstrong County Plant, Washburn
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071897876 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Groom Feed Lot*, Groom
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110028271037 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Times Square, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070359049 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Txdot East Bridges, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070368035 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
I-27 & 26th St Bridge And I-40 And Gerogia, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070371962 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hillside Terrace South, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070380398 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hunters Estates, Canyon
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070381782 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tradewinds Square, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070382734 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Waste Water Treatment Plant, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070387078 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
The Colonies Unit 71, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070503253 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bsa Cancer Center, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070598109 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hillside Heritage Elementary School, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070628285 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Spring Canyon School, Canyon
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070672893 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tnt Lakeside Package, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070673836 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tnt Hillside And Soncy, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070707542 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Glendale Subdivision, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070825993 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
George Distributors, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071252193 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Road Ranger 286, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071345078 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Gen Core Asphalt Plant, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071427714 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Heritage Hills, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071446810 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Beacon Pointe, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071501885 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Goodnight Ii Wind Project, Claude
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071943779 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ama004203047, Washburn
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071951927 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Project Llano, Claude
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071959666 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Georgia Street Reconstruction, Amarillo
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071960320 (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 Armstrong County

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