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Kerr County, Texas: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Kerr County is 150.1 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 171 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (80), Gas station (mapped facility) (33), Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility) (23). 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: 30.0291, -99.3054.

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 Kerr County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Esophagus	New cases	8.6	4.6	1.87xSignificant	5.9 to 12.4	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	New cases	13.2	8.7	1.52xSignificant	10.1 to 17.3	2019-2023
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	4.7	3.4	1.38x	2.9 to 7.6	2020-2024
Esophagus	Deaths	5	3.7	1.35x	3.1 to 7.8	2020-2024
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	22.1	18.5	1.19x	17.8 to 27.4	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.8	6.6	1.18x	5.5 to 11	2020-2024
Leukemia	New cases	16.8	14.5	1.16x	12.5 to 22.2	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	New cases	7.1	6.2	1.15x	4.5 to 10.8	2019-2023
Pancreas	New cases	15.4	13.9	1.11x	11.8 to 19.9	2019-2023
Pancreas	Deaths	12.3	11.3	1.09x	9.1 to 16.5	2020-2024
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	25.8	23.8	1.08x	21 to 31.6	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	32.6	30.2	1.08x	27.7 to 38.2	2020-2024
All cancer	Deaths	150.1	143.2	1.05x	138.8 to 162.2	2020-2024
Leukemia	Deaths	5.9	5.7	1.04x	3.8 to 9.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	50.7	51.8	0.98x	44.4 to 57.7	2019-2023
Brain & nervous system	Deaths	4.3	4.4	0.98x	2.6 to 7	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	442.2	453.4	0.98x	421.3 to 464	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Deaths	4.5	4.8	0.94x	2.7 to 7.5	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	16.2	17.9	0.91x	12.2 to 21.3	2019-2023
Bladder	Deaths	3.6	4.1	0.88x	2.3 to 5.9	2020-2024
Bladder	New cases	15.8	18.7	0.84x	12.7 to 19.8	2019-2023
Thyroid	New cases	10.6	13	0.82x	7.2 to 15.1	2019-2023
Stomach	New cases	3.2	6.6	0.48x	2 to 5.5	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 Kerr County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	9,189.1	9,842.6	-7%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	76.5	75.3	+2%	years
Child mortality	68.4	59.8	+14%	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	93.3	96.9	-4%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	11.9	28.6	-58%	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.

Formaldehyde17.18 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.75 per million
Acetaldehyde1.17 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

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit80
Gas station (mapped facility)33
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)23
Public airport13
Air permit holder (minor source)5
Small hazardous waste generator3
Heliport3
Major air pollution source2
Dry cleaner (mapped facility)2
Landfill (mapped facility)2
Commercial airport1
Hazardous waste transporter1
TRI reporting facility1
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)1
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 Kerrville Water Reclamation Plant, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $20,175.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000502885 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 7
Mooney Aviation Company, Kerrville
Major air pollution source. Penalties $22,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034442645 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.8
Mooney Aviation Company, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $22,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034442645 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
James Avery Craftsman Center, Kerrville
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070122928 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
West Lake Compressor Station, Center Point
Major air pollution source.
EPA FRS registry ID 110037566372 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
James Avery Craftsman Center, Kerrville
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Silver.
TRI facility ID 7802WJMSVR5235H (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 3
Mooney Aviation Company, Kerrville
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $22,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110034442645 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.8
Home Depot Usa Hd6576, Kerrville
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $285,363.
EPA FRS registry ID 110018905568 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Lowes Of Kerrville 1560, Kerrville
Small hazardous waste generator. Penalties $141,730.
EPA FRS registry ID 110037567246 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Chrisco Hmap 1 Site, Center Point
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $8,125.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070359197 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Ra Materials, Comfort
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $875.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070359368 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Mooney International, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $22,500.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070360218 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Dylan Road Extension, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $5,625.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071371797 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Kerrville Plant, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071409555 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
River House Development, Hunt
NPDES wastewater discharge permit. Penalties $16,238.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071708116 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Heart Of The Hills Fisheries Science Center, Mountain Home
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110025185145 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Kerrville Sand & Gravel Pit, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070869574 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2
Kerrville Muni/Louis Schreiner Fld, Kerrville
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID ERV (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Kerrville Recycling Center
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1099732014 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Kerrville Landfill, Kerrville
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1099732016 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Local Dry Cleaning & Laundry, Kerrville
Dry cleaner (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/739447261 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Main Street Dry Cleaning & Laundry Co., Kerrville
Dry cleaner (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/903937101 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
City of Kerrville
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/907058331 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Hill Country Camp Wwtp, Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110033799272 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
United Parcel Service, Inc., Kerrville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005113108 (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 Kerr 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 Kerr 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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