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Hartley County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Hartley County is 123.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 73 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (40), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (29), Air permit holder (minor source) (1). 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: 35.9464, -102.602.

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 Hartley County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
All cancer	Deaths	123.6	143.2	0.86x	87.6 to 170.1	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	354.6	453.4	0.78x	291.7 to 427.7	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 Hartley County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,480.4	9,842.6	-24%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	77.9	75.3	+4%	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	84.4	96.9	-13%	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.

Formaldehyde11.36 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.61 per million
Acetaldehyde0.75 per million
Benzene0.46 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing40
NPDES wastewater discharge permit29
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Public airport1
Commercial airport1
Wind power plant1

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 Dalhart Wwtp, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064628639 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Dalhart Muni, Dalhart
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID DHT (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Northside Farms, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020144468 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Morningstar Dairy Rng, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020146885 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Double S Dairies, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020846815 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Xit Feeders, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022280262 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hartley Feeders, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110022280556 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Skyward Dairy, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110024885196 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dick Winings, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110025347122 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Oppliger Dairy Hartley, Channing
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110033170191 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Roland Hall, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110033176266 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Natural Prairie Dairy Farms, Channing
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056154575 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Natural Prairie Dairy Farm Heifer Site, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056154584 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Jersey Gold Dairy, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064514841 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Natural Prairie Dairy Farms Barns 4 & 5, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064577818 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hartley Farms, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110064647654 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Dalhart Cattle Feeders, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069996591 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Epic Dairy, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070003333 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Exum Farms West, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070032177 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sunrise Dairy Rng, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070257799 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Pd4 Cattle, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070388517 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
D42 Dairy, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070391586 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Ama-1727-01-016, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070830378 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
L1c Feedyard, Dalhart
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071156551 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tmc Dairies, Hartley
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071221967 (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 Hartley 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 Hartley 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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