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Lincoln County, Washington: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Lincoln County is 139.8 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. Federal databases place 205 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by Rail grade crossing (146), NPDES wastewater discharge permit (26), Public airport (11). 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: 47.5972, -118.3996.

How this county ranks in Washington

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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 Lincoln County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	20.8	17.9	1.16x	11.7 to 35.2	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	19.5	18.7	1.04x	11.6 to 32.1	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	139.8	143.2	0.98x	116 to 167.9	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	339.3	453.4	0.75x	300 to 383.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	New cases	38.4	51.8	0.74x	27 to 54.4	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	17.4	30.2	0.58x	10.3 to 29	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 Lincoln County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	7,268.5	9,842.6	-26%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	79.4	75.3	+5%	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	80.9	96.9	-17%	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.

Formaldehyde12.84 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.83 per million
Acetaldehyde1.6 per million
Pahpom0.86 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

Rail grade crossing146
NPDES wastewater discharge permit26
Public airport11
Gas station (mapped facility)10
Wastewater plant (mapped facility)4
Auto repair or body shop (mapped facility)2
Brownfield property2
Hydroelectric plant2
Large hazardous waste generator1
Heliport1

Highest-severity records

The 25 records with the highest Envyrofax severity in the county, with the agency identifier to cite in a records request.

Wilbur Stp, Wilbur
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009763577 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Reardan Sewage Lagoon, Reardan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110009763595 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Odessa Stp, Odessa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015553943 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Wa Dot Qs-T-64 Ames Lake, Sprague
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110015563683 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Wa Dot Qs-T-21 Telford, Creston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110017848301 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Davenport Wwtp, Davenport
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039923278 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Wa Dot Qs-T-185 Morrison Quarry, Reardan
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110056451566 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Wa Dot Minky Pit Ps-T-115, Odessa
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110060273564 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Wa Dot Qs-T-213 Sherman Draw Road Quarry, Wilbur
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110063695318 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Copenhaver Construction Portable #3, Creston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071179696 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.8
Copenhaver Construction Inc Portable 1, Creston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071177050 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Miles Creston Rd Section 1b, Creston
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071707775 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Davenport Senior Center, Davenport
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071812922 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Brlf-01 Sprague Garage, Sprague
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071967130 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Porcupine Bay Road Landslide, Davenport
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070105793 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Lincoln Co Public Works Crusher, Davenport
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071178095 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Yp04 Anomaly Site
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID xa2f48446a055840158f489cbe1b2d487 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3
Wsdot Qs-T-195 Harrington Quarry, Harrington
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071181070 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Wilbur Airport, Wilbur
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071820405 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Creekside Rv Resort, Davenport
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071176850 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.3
Wilbur, Wilbur
Public airport. O.
Record ID 2S8 (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Odessa Muni, Odessa
Public airport. O.
Record ID 43D (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Davenport, Davenport
Public airport. O.
Record ID 68S (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/242666424 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/263086741 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2

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 Lincoln County

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