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RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Pope County, Arkansas
EPA puts Pope County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 13 radon tests from it are 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
31.9%
Saline County, 59 miles
- Saline
- 31.9%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 47 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
21.3 pts below Arkansas
- Pope
- 0.0%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
13
Too few for a share
- Pope
- 13
- 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 Pope 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
Pope County, At a glance
Pope 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 Pope County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 13 reported tests for Pope County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Pope County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 13 tests were reported to CDC for Pope 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).
Pope County, Compared
Pope County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Pope County rests on 13 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 7.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 4.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.7 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Saline County (59 miles away) at 31.9%, Garland County (60 miles away) at 45.8% and Pulaski County (62 miles away) at 6.8%. 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 Pope 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.
Pope County, Geology
The ground under Pope County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pope County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 53.4% of Pope County in the area it calls Arkansas Valley and 46.6% in Boston Mountains. USGS gives both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Valley | Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales. | Low | 8 | 53.4% |
| Boston Mountains | Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales. | Low | 8 | 46.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Pope County beside the ground around it
Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Pope County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Searcy County the most at 73.5%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Pope County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pope 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
Pope County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pope County
Are radon levels high in Pope County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 15.4% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Pope County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.7 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 92 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Pope County?
Pope County borders 7 counties: Johnson County, Conway County, Yell County, Van Buren County, Logan County, Newton County and Searcy County.
Products
Pope County, Products
Testing a home in Pope County
No CDC figure names Pope County; the nearest county with one, Saline County (59 miles away), reported 31.9% 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 Pope 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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011S rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 12 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Pope County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pope County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Johnson CountyEPA zone 3
66.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Searcy CountyEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.5 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Conway CountyEPA zone 3
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Logan CountyEPA zone 3
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Yell CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Van Buren CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.6 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Newton CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.0 pCi/L · 1 test
Pope County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pope County
The Census Bureau estimates 64,976 residents in Pope County for July 1, 2025, 1,562 more than in 2020 (+2.5%). That works out to 80 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Russellville, has 29,521 residents, 45.4% of the total. Together its 6 incorporated places hold 59.4% of those residents; the other 40.6% live outside any of them. CDC's 13 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 work out to 0.2 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Arkansas' 0.2.
From Russellville to Hector, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pope County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville | 29,521 | +1.7% | 45.4% |
| Pottsville | 3,326 | +5.9% | 5.1% |
| Atkins | 2,868 | +0.5% | 4.4% |
| Dover | 1,385 | +4.4% | 2.1% |
| London | 1,061 | +14.0% | 1.6% |
| Hector | 415 | +1.7% | 0.6% |
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).
Pope County, Homes
Homes in Pope County
Of Pope County's 27,033 homes, 73% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 14% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Arkansas' 1987: 9% date from before 1960 and 26% from 2000 or later. 71% 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 | Pope County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 27,033 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 73% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 6% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 14% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 9% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 71% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.