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Kane County, Utah: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Kane County is 155 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 95 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (58), Gas station (mapped facility) (20), Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility) (6). 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: 37.271, -111.8835.

How this county ranks in Utah

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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 Kane County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	82.9	23.8	3.48xSignificant	59.2 to 113.6	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	493.4	453.4	1.09x	435.1 to 558.2	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	155	143.2	1.08x	124.2 to 192.1	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	31.5	51.8	0.61x	19 to 50.7	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 Kane County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,262.7	9,842.6	-26%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	78.3	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	110.8	96.9	+14%	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: 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.

Formaldehyde8.86 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.48 per million
Acetaldehyde0.52 per million
Benzene0.24 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit58
Gas station (mapped facility)20
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)6
Public airport5
Heliport2
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Commercial airport1
Small hazardous waste generator1
Landfill (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.

Kanab Muni, Kanab
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID KNB (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Kanab Landfill
Landfill (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1551177677 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Bullfrog Marina, Lake Powell
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008536085 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bullfrog Marina, Lake Powell
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008536085 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kanab Municipal Airport, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110030898982 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Western Kane County Special Service District -Kanab Landfill, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032610137 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Valley Landfill, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110032610155 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Coal Hollow Project, Alton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039190425 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Paria, Paria
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040434429 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bigwater, Bigwater
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040434438 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Todds Junction, Kane County
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040434447 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kanab, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040434456 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Mount Carmel, Mt. Carmel
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040434465 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Bridge Scour Repair, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110043748200 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cedar Runaway Truck Ramp, Parowan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110044261973 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kane County, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110055232207 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
North Private Lease, Alton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110069479772 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Stampin'Up! Inc- Kanab Facility, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070554244 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Cedar Heights Storm Water Improvements Project, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070694310 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kane County-Johnson Wash Ewp Project, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070705320 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Grand Plateau Rv, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070707312 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Us 89 Mp 81.2 To 90.06, Orderville
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070708528 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Tom'S Canyon Emergency Watershed Protection Project, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070708610 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Coal Hollow Mine - North Private Lease, Alton
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070708720 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Kanab City Water Improvements Project: Concrete Storage Tanks, Kanab
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070830570 (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 Kane County

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