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Radon testing in Boone, Iowa

Radon testers with an address in Boone, with the licenses on file for each.

Boone, IA at a glance

  • Businesses listed

    1

    Boone
    1
    Ames
    2

    By each business's listed address

  • Listed for testing

    1

    100% of listings

    Testing
    1
    Mitigation
    0

    A business can be listed for both

  • State license on file

    1

    100% of listings

    State license
    1
    NRPP
    0

    As each issuer's own record shows it

  • Share at 4+ pCi/L

    68.7%

    10.2 pts above IA

    Boone
    68.7%
    Iowa
    58.5%

    Boone, 38th 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

    Boone County, where Boone is

Radon levels in Boone

Read a result for Boone

Starts at Boone County's median, 6.0 pCi/L

6.0pCi/L

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

EPA’s reading of 6.0 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. Boone County's median reported result, 2008 to 2017.

Boone lies in Boone County, where 68.7% of 1,134 radon tests reported to CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory) were at or above 4 pCi/L, 10.2 points above Iowa pooled (58.5%), 38th of 99 Iowa counties with 30 or more tests.

Radon test figures for the county Boone lies in
CountyTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianIowa, pooledRank in the stateEPA zone
Boone County1,13468.7%6.0 pCi/L58.5%38 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 Boone County, where Boone lies, the nearest Iowa counties with a CDC figure for 2008 to 2017, laboratory run from 58.5% to 71.3% of tests at or above 4 pCi/L; the closest, Greene County, is 24 miles away at 71.3%.

The nearest Iowa counties to Boone County with 30 or more tests, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Greene County24 mi14371.3%6.2 pCi/L
Story County24 mi2,56859.9%5.0 pCi/L
Dallas County25 mi2,35258.5%4.9 pCi/L
Hamilton County27 mi25264.3%5.5 pCi/L
Webster County30 mi1,18969.4%6.5 pCi/L
Polk County30 mi10,94564.4%5.6 pCi/L

Listings come from state licensing registries.

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