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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Crittenden County, Arkansas
EPA puts Crittenden 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
Highest bordering
7.0%
Shelby County
- Shelby
- 7.0%
- Tipton
- 4.5%
2 of 9 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
6.8%
Pulaski County, 118 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
- Crittenden
- 0.0%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Crittenden
- 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 Crittenden 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
Crittenden County, At a glance
Crittenden 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 Crittenden County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Crittenden County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Crittenden County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Crittenden 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).
Crittenden County, Compared
Crittenden County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Crittenden 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 0.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Shelby County, TN reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 7.0%, and Tipton County, TN the smallest, 4.5%. Farther out, Pulaski County (118 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (140 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (167 miles away) at 45.8% have figures too. 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 Crittenden 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.
Crittenden County, Geology
The ground under Crittenden County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Crittenden County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.4% 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 | 99.4% |
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 7 | 0.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Crittenden County beside the ground around it
Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Crittenden County's is. Of the 9 counties that border it, 4 have more moderate-potential ground, Cross County the most at 17.7%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Crittenden County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Crittenden 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
Crittenden County, Questions
Questions about radon in Crittenden County
Are radon levels high in Crittenden County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Crittenden County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Shelby County, TN reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 7.0%, and Tipton County, TN the smallest, 4.5%.
Which counties border Crittenden County?
Crittenden County borders 9 counties: Shelby County, TN, DeSoto County, MS, St. Francis County, AR, Cross County, AR, Tunica County, MS, Tipton County, TN, Poinsett County, AR, Mississippi County, AR and Lee County, AR.
Products
Crittenden County, Products
Testing a home in Crittenden County
No CDC figure names Crittenden County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (118 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 Crittenden County.
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Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
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Crittenden County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Crittenden County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Mississippi County, AREPA zone 3
60.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Shelby County, TNEPA zone 3
7.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 344 tests
- Radon levels in Tipton County, TNEPA zone 3
4.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 89 tests
- Radon levels in DeSoto County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in St. Francis County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Cross County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Tunica County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Poinsett County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Lee County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Crittenden County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Crittenden County
About 46,210 people live in Crittenden County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 1,866 fewer than in 2020 (−3.9%). That works out to 75 people per square mile of land. West Memphis alone is home to 23,336 of them, 50.5% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Arkansas as a whole comes to 0.2.
From West Memphis to Jericho, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Crittenden County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Memphis | 23,336 | −4.6% | 50.5% |
| Marion | 13,378 | −2.8% | 29.0% |
| Earle | 1,721 | −5.8% | 3.7% |
| Turrell | 488 | −5.8% | 1.1% |
| Crawfordsville | 443 | −3.5% | 1.0% |
| Clarkedale | 326 | −4.1% | 0.7% |
| Horseshoe Lake | 251 | −3.8% | 0.5% |
| Edmondson | 240 | −4.4% | 0.5% |
| Gilmore | 172 | Level | 0.4% |
| Sunset | 161 | −5.8% | 0.3% |
| Anthonyville | 126 | −4.5% | 0.3% |
| Jennetteextends beyond Crittenden County | 113 | −4.2% | Counted whole |
- Jericho
13 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. “(part)” marks a place that extends into another county. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025). A place that extends beyond Crittenden County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Crittenden County, Homes
Homes in Crittenden County
Of Crittenden County's 21,367 homes, 71% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 16% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1983, close to Arkansas' 1987: 14% date from before 1960 and 24% from 2000 or later. 57% 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 | Crittenden County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 21,367 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 71% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 16% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 6% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1983 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 57% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.