Short-term kit
Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Arkansas County, Arkansas
EPA puts Arkansas County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
6.8%
Pulaski County, 63 miles
- Pulaski
- 6.8%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
21.3 pts below Arkansas
- Arkansas
- 0.0%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Arkansas
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Arkansas County
Starts at EPA's action level
EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.
EPA’s reading of 4.0 pCi/L
At or above 4 pCi/L
- Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
- 2 to 4consider a fix
- 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.
The data
Arkansas County, At a glance
Arkansas County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Arkansas County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Arkansas County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 1.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Arkansas County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Arkansas County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the county nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2008 to 2017, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Arkansas County, Compared
Arkansas County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Arkansas County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.3 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (63 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (78 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (103 miles away) at 45.8%. Pooled across 60 Arkansas counties, 22.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
Statewide for the same period, Garland County reported the highest share (45.8%) and Pulaski County the lowest (6.8%). EPA's 1993 map puts Arkansas County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Arkansas County, Geology
The ground under Arkansas County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Arkansas County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Mississippi Alluvial Plain, to which USGS gives a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Arkansas County beside the ground around it
Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Arkansas County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Phillips County the most at 3.2%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Arkansas County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Arkansas County
- Arkansas's radon programArkansas Department of HealthArkansas's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Arkansas.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Arkansas directoryNo professionals are listed in Arkansas yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Arkansas's program says
- Phone
- 501-661-2621
- ADH.EPI.Radon@arkansas.gov
What it means
Arkansas County, Questions
Questions about radon in Arkansas County
Are radon levels high in Arkansas County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Arkansas County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 215 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Arkansas County?
Arkansas County borders 7 counties: Lincoln County, Monroe County, Desha County, Prairie County, Jefferson County, Phillips County and Lonoke County.
Products
Arkansas County, Products
Testing a home in Arkansas County
No CDC figure names Arkansas County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (63 miles away), reported 6.8% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. Zone 3 is the lowest label, yet homes at or above 4 pCi/L occur in every zone: a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Arkansas County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
EcoBlu plug-in digital radon monitor with a display
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Arkansas County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Arkansas County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Prairie CountyEPA zone 3
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.5 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Monroe CountyEPA zone 3
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Jefferson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Phillips CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Lonoke CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Lincoln CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Desha CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Arkansas County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Arkansas County
Arkansas County has been losing residents: from 17,106 in 2020 to 15,836 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 7.4% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 16 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Stuttgart, has 7,525 residents, 47.5% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Arkansas as a whole comes to 0.2.
From Stuttgart to St. Charles, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Arkansas County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuttgart | 7,525 | −8.7% | 47.5% |
| DeWitt | 2,791 | −8.1% | 17.6% |
| Gillett | 619 | +9.0% | 3.9% |
| Humphreyextends beyond Arkansas County | 430 | −6.9% | Counted whole |
| Almyra | 237 | −7.4% | 1.5% |
| St. Charles | 191 | −6.8% | 1.2% |
6 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025). A place that extends beyond Arkansas County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Arkansas County, Homes
Homes in Arkansas County
Of Arkansas County's 8,697 homes, 74% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 14% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Arkansas' as a whole: half were built before 1976 (1987 for Arkansas), and 24% date from before 1960. 67% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Arkansas: 66%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Arkansas County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 8,697 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 74% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 7% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 14% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 24% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1976 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.