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Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Poinsett County, Arkansas
EPA puts Poinsett 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, 109 miles
- Pulaski
- 6.8%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
7.6%
13.7 pts below Arkansas
- Poinsett
- 7.6%
- 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 Poinsett 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
Poinsett County, At a glance
Poinsett County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 92% 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 Poinsett County. Pulaski County, 109 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Poinsett County, Compared
Poinsett County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's county radon counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals cover 60 Arkansas counties, and Poinsett County is not among them: no year's figure and no ten-year laboratory total names 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 (109 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (131 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (157 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 Poinsett County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 92% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Poinsett County, Geology
The ground under Poinsett County
PredictedMost of the ground under Poinsett County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 92.4% of its land is low radon potential, with 7.6% moderate. The map puts 92.4% of Poinsett County in the area it calls Mississippi Alluvial Plain and 7.6% in Crowley's Ridge. USGS gives the first a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 92.4% |
| Crowley's Ridge | Loess. | Moderate | 9 | 7.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Poinsett County beside the ground around it
Arkansas as a whole has more moderate-potential ground than Poinsett County: 21.3% of its land, against 7.6% here. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Craighead County the most at 23.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Poinsett County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Poinsett 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
Poinsett County, Questions
Questions about radon in Poinsett County
Are radon levels high in Poinsett County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Poinsett County, Arkansas yet. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 208 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Poinsett County?
Poinsett County borders 5 counties: Craighead County, Cross County, Jackson County, Mississippi County and Crittenden County.
Products
Poinsett County, Products
Testing a home in Poinsett County
No CDC figure names Poinsett County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (109 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 Poinsett 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
MonitorAranet
Radon One battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Poinsett County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Poinsett County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Mississippi CountyEPA zone 3
60.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Craighead CountyEPA zone 3
10.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Jackson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Crittenden CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Cross CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Poinsett County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Poinsett County
About 22,483 people live in Poinsett County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 470 fewer than in 2020 (−2.0%). That works out to 30 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Trumann, has 7,527 residents, 33.5% of the total. Together its 8 incorporated places hold 67.4% of those residents; the other 32.6% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Poinsett County; across Arkansas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.2 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Trumann to Waldenburg, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Poinsett County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trumann | 7,527 | +0.6% | 33.5% |
| Harrisburg | 2,217 | +0.3% | 9.9% |
| Marked Tree | 2,208 | −3.0% | 9.8% |
| Lepanto | 1,643 | −5.1% | 7.3% |
| Tyronza | 721 | +0.6% | 3.2% |
| Weiner | 613 | −5.1% | 2.7% |
| Fisher | 171 | −4.5% | 0.8% |
| Waldenburg | 51 | −5.6% | 0.2% |
8 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).
Poinsett County, Homes
Homes in Poinsett County
Poinsett County is a place of houses on their own lots: 75% of its 10,418 homes are detached single-family houses, against 70% across Arkansas. The homes are older than Arkansas' as a whole: half were built before 1978 (1987 for Arkansas), and 18% date from before 1960. 64% 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 | Poinsett County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 10,418 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 11% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1978 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.