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Standard Radon Test short-term mail-in radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Passive sampler
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Lincoln County, Arkansas
EPA puts Lincoln County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. 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, 65 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
- Lincoln
- 0.0%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, At a glance
Lincoln 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Lincoln County. Pulaski County, 65 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Lincoln County, Compared
Lincoln County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Lincoln County, in any year or ten-year total; over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, the agency's counts reach 60 Arkansas counties without it. Pooled across 60 Arkansas counties, 22.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (65 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (72 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (92 miles away) at 45.8%. 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 Lincoln 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.
Lincoln County, Geology
The ground under Lincoln County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Lincoln County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 63.3% of Lincoln County in the area it calls Mississippi Alluvial Plain and 36.7% in West Gulf Coastal Plain. USGS gives the first a radon index of 8 and the second 7, both 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 | 63.3% |
| West Gulf Coastal Plain | Glauconitic, phosphatic, and carbonaceous sediments. | Low | 7 | 36.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lincoln County beside the ground around it
Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Lincoln County's is. None of the 5 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lincoln County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lincoln County
Are radon levels high in Lincoln County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Lincoln County, Arkansas yet. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 218 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Lincoln County?
Lincoln County borders 5 counties: Drew County, Desha County, Arkansas County, Cleveland County and Jefferson County.
Products
Lincoln County, Products
Testing a home in Lincoln County
No CDC figure names Lincoln County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (65 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 Lincoln County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Corentium Home 2 battery digital radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Lincoln County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lincoln County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Drew CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Arkansas CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Cleveland CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 3 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 Desha CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Lincoln County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lincoln County
About 12,764 people live in Lincoln County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 129 fewer than in 2020 (−1.0%). That works out to 23 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Star City, the largest, has 2,059 residents, 16.1% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 23.2% of those residents; the other 76.8% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Lincoln County; across Arkansas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.2 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Star City to Grady, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lincoln County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star City | 2,059 | −4.5% | 16.1% |
| Gould | 621 | −5.8% | 4.9% |
| Grady | 283 | −6.3% | 2.2% |
3 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).
Lincoln County, Homes
Homes in Lincoln County
Of Lincoln County's 4,398 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 32% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Arkansas' 1987: 18% date from before 1960 and 22% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 78% of the occupied homes (Arkansas: 66%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Lincoln County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,398 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 65% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 32% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 78% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.