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Menominee County, Wisconsin: environmental and disease records

Cancer mortality in Menominee County is 216 deaths per 100,000 people per year against a U.S. rate of 143.2, a statistically significant excess. The strongest disease signals are Lung & bronchus deaths at 2.8 times the U.S. rate. Federal databases place 24 regulated facilities, sites and hazards inside the county, led by NPDES wastewater discharge permit (15), Brownfield property (5), Gas station (mapped facility) (3). 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: 44.9855, -88.7348.

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 Menominee County compared with the United States
Cancer	Measure	County rate	U.S. rate	Times U.S.	95% interval	Years
Lung & bronchus	Deaths	84.5	30.2	2.8xSignificant	50.4 to 133.8	2020-2024
Lung & bronchus	New cases	120.5	51.8	2.33xSignificant	78.7 to 177.2	2019-2023
All cancer	Deaths	216	143.2	1.51xSignificant	158.8 to 288.1	2020-2024
All cancer	New cases	524.5	453.4	1.16x	431.5 to 632	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 Menominee County
Measure	County	U.S. median	Difference	Unit
Premature death	27,936.5	9,842.6	+184%	years of life lost before age 75 per 100,000
Life expectancy	63	75.3	-16%	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	224.8	96.9	+132%	deaths per 100,000
Drug overdose deaths	122.8	28.6	+329%	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.

Formaldehyde11.23 per million
Carbon Tetrachloride2.97 per million
Acetaldehyde1.19 per million
Benzene0.84 per million

EPA Air Quality Index

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

Regulated facilities, sites and hazards by type

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

NPDES wastewater discharge permit15
Brownfield property5
Gas station (mapped facility)3
Industrial wastewater discharge1

Highest-severity records

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

Keshena Wwtf, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110027989602 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 3.5
Former Camp 33 Unauthorized Dumping Site, Near Village Neopit
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038717127 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Bell Salvage Yard, Keshena
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038755479 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Tomow Salvage Yard, Keshena
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038755488 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Maskewit Road Unauthorized Dumping Property, Keshena
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110038755497 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Former Legend Lake-Moshawquit Lake Landfill, Keshena
Brownfield property.
EPA FRS registry ID 110039062769 (U.S. EPA Brownfields (ACRES)) Agency record
Severity 3
Menominee Tribal Enterprises Sawmill, Neopit
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110010885453 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Neopit, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110012921071 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 2.5
Keshena-Treatment Plant, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110047739569 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Sth 47 Underground Electric, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070105831 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Keshena Co-Op Lift Station, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070254950 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Keshena, Wi - Standing Pines C-Store, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070669617 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Trailer Court Water System Improvements, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110070875670 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menominee Indian High School, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071402169 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menomini You, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071526915 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
1009-43-68 Sth 55 Culvert Replacements, Menominee
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071783039 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
1009-43-69 Sth 47 Culvert Replacements, Menominee
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071783415 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Menominee Indian High School - Baseball/Softball Development, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071817446 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
9660-09-70 Sth 55 Resurfacing & Culvert Replacements, Menominee
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071867309 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Wolf River Development Company - New Office Building, Keshena
NPDES wastewater discharge permit.
EPA FRS registry ID 110071994120 (U.S. EPA ECHO) Agency record
Severity 1.5
Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID relation/21189068 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Thunderbird
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/1547306570 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Menominee Fuel Station
Gas station (mapped facility). Mapped facility presence only; no compliance or exposure measurements.
Record ID way/695489254 (OpenStreetMap contributors) Agency record
Severity 1
Genoa Stp, City Of, Genoa
Industrial wastewater discharge. No Violation Identified.
NPDES permit IL0055182:INF (U.S. EPA NPDES)
Severity 1

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 Menominee 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 Menominee 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.

Each Envyrofax address report includes a printable records request worksheet with the custodian and the exact request wording per finding.

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