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Radon mitigation and testing in Ames, Iowa

Testers and mitigation companies with an address in Ames, with the licenses on file for each.

Ames, IA at a glance

  • Businesses listed

    2

    Ames
    2
    Cambridge
    1

    By each business's listed address

  • Listed for testing

    2

    100% of listings

    Testing
    2
    Mitigation
    2

    A business can be listed for both

  • State license on file

    2

    100% of listings

    State license
    2
    NRPP
    0

    As each issuer's own record shows it

  • Share at 4+ pCi/L

    59.9%

    1.4 pts above IA

    Story
    59.9%
    Iowa
    58.5%

    Story, 65th of 99 in IA, 2008 to 2017

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 1

    Highest potential

    1. Zone 1
    2. 2
    3. 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    Story County, where Ames is

Professionals in Ames

Iowa licensing and every city

2 professionals in Ames, Iowa.

Radon levels in Ames

Read a result for Ames

Starts at Story County's median, 5.0 pCi/L

5.0pCi/L

EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.

EPA’s reading of 5.0 pCi/L

At or above 4 pCi/L

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 4 and aboveEPA says fix it

This result is at or above 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends fixing a home when the radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher. Story County's median reported result, 2008 to 2017.

Interpret this readingWhat a fix costs

Ames lies in Story County, where 59.9% of 2,568 radon tests reported to CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory) were at or above 4 pCi/L, 1.4 points above Iowa pooled (58.5%), 65th of 99 Iowa counties with 30 or more tests.

Radon test figures for the county Ames lies in
CountyTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianIowa, pooledRank in the stateEPA zone
Story County2,56859.9%5.0 pCi/L58.5%65 of 99Zone 1

Shares of tests people chose to run and report, by county (2008 to 2017, laboratory); the state's is its counties' counts added up, calculated by Radon411. Only a test measures a home.

Around Story County, where Ames lies, the nearest Iowa counties with a CDC figure for 2008 to 2017, laboratory run from 62.8% to 73.3% of tests at or above 4 pCi/L; the closest, Marshall County, is 24 miles away at 70.2%.

The nearest Iowa counties to Story County with 30 or more tests, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Marshall County24 mi57070.2%8.2 pCi/L
Boone County24 mi1,13468.7%6.0 pCi/L
Polk County25 mi10,94564.4%5.6 pCi/L
Hardin County27 mi34962.8%5.6 pCi/L
Hamilton County27 mi25264.3%5.5 pCi/L
Jasper County32 mi74673.3%8.2 pCi/L

Cities near Ames

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