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Burnett County, Wisconsin: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Burnett County is 149.6 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2. The strongest disease signals are Kidney & renal pelvis deaths at 2.6 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 63 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (34), Gas station (mapped facility) (5), Brownfield property (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: 45.8982, -92.364.

How this county ranks in Wisconsin

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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 Burnett County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Kidney & renal pelvis	Deaths	8.8	3.4	2.59xSignificant	4.8 to 16.4	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	64.5	51.8	1.25xSignificant	53 to 79.1	2019-2023
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	37.1	30.2	1.23x	28.8 to 48.4	2020-2024
Kidney & renal pelvis	New cases	21.5	17.9	1.2x	15.3 to 31	2019-2023
Liver & bile duct	Deaths	7.8	6.6	1.18x	4.5 to 14.8	2020-2024
Pancreas	Deaths	13.3	11.3	1.18x	8.4 to 21.8	2020-2024
Pancreas	New cases	14.9	13.9	1.07x	9.5 to 23.9	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	149.6	143.2	1.04x	131.3 to 170.8	2020-2024
Liver & bile duct	New cases	8.6	8.7	0.99x	5 to 15.8	2019-2023
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	New cases	18.1	18.5	0.98x	11.4 to 28.6	2019-2023
Leukemia	New cases	13.5	14.5	0.93x	8.1 to 22.4	2019-2023
All cancer	New cases	408.5	453.4	0.9x	376.1 to 443.8	2019-2023
Bladder	New cases	16.2	18.7	0.87x	10.1 to 26.1	2019-2023
Melanoma of the skin	New cases	16.7	23.8	0.7x	10.1 to 27	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 Burnett County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	8,122.1	9,842.6	-17%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	79.2	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	87.3	96.9	-10%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	20.3	28.6	-29%	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.

Formaldehyde12.06 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.98 per million
Acetaldehyde1.17 per million
Benzene0.94 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit34
Gas station (mapped facility)5
Brownfield property4
Public airport3
Commercial airport2
Hydroelectric plant2
Oil-fired power plant2
TRI reporting facility2
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI)2
Air permit holder (minor source)1
Airfield1
Large hazardous waste generator1
Small hazardous waste generator1
Heliport1
Superfund (NPL) site1
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.

Penta Wood Products, Daniels
Superfund (NPL) site. Hazard Ranking System score 50. NPL Site.
EPA site ID WID006176945 (U.S. EPA Superfund (SEMS/NPL)) Agency record
Severity 10
Burnett Dairy Coop, Grantsburg
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000422864 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 8.4
Burnett Dairy Cooperative Cheese Plant, Grantsburg
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid. 1,006 lbs released over 5 years.
TRI facility ID 54840BRNTT11631 (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 5.3
Burnett Dairy Coop, Grantsburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000422864 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
St. Croix Tribal Council, Webster
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110020145190 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.5
Parker Hannifin Corp, Grantsburg
Toxic chemical release facility (TRI). Chemicals: Nickel, Lead, Chromium, Manganese and 1 more. Reports carcinogens.
TRI facility ID 54840PRKRH533NO (U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory)
Severity 4.5
Parker Hannifin Corp Quick Cou Div, Grantsburg
TRI reporting facility.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000422873 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Siren Wastewater Treatment Fac, Siren
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010887148 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4.3
Grantsburg Diesel, Grantsburg
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 4021 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Danbury Diesel, Danbury
Oil-fired power plant.
Record ID 55998 (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Severity 4
Grantsburg Village Of, Grantsburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010883749 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 4
Parker Hannifin Corp Quick Cou Div, Grantsburg
Large hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110000422873 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.3
Clam Lake Farm House Property 24, Siren
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039063063 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Hole In The Wall Property 23, Danbury
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039138849 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Danbury Community Dump Property #2, Danbury
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040720690 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Sand Lake Dump Property #9, Webster
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110040720707 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Grantsburg Muni, Grantsburg
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID GTG (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Burnett County, Siren
Commercial airport. O.
Record ID RZN (FAA / U.S. DOT)
Severity 2
Wastewater Plant
Wastewater plant (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/440654665 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 2
Webster Village Of, Webster
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010887727 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.8
Mcnally Industries Inc, Grantsburg
Small hazardous waste generator.
EPA FRS registry ID 110005462515 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Hopkins/St Croix Materials Llc, Webster
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110008233811 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Joint Water Quality Commission, Swiss, Town Of
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070007319 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Burnett Dairy Cooperative, Grantsburg
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070328836 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Baxters Classic Cars Llc, Sand Lake
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070939151 (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 Burnett County

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

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