Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Searcy County, Arkansas
EPA puts Searcy County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 4 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
6.8%
Pulaski County, 82 miles
- Pulaski
- 6.8%
- Arkansas
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
73.5%
52.2 pts above Arkansas
- Searcy
- 73.5%
- Arkansas
- 21.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Searcy
- 4
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Searcy 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
Searcy County, At a glance
Searcy County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Searcy County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 73% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Searcy County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 4 reported tests for Searcy County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Searcy County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 4 tests were reported to CDC for Searcy 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).
Searcy County, Compared
Searcy County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Searcy County rests on 4 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 25.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 6.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.5 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (82 miles away) at 6.8%, Washington County (85 miles away) at 14.3% and Saline County (87 miles away) at 31.9%. 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 Searcy County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 73% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Searcy County, Geology
The ground under Searcy County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Searcy County: 73.5% of its land is moderate radon potential and 26.5% low. The map puts 58.3% of Searcy County in the area it calls Springfield Plateau and 26.5% in Boston Mountains, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11), and the second 8, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Plateau | Mississippian limestone, shale, and sandstone. | Moderate | 9 | 58.3% |
| Boston Mountains | Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales. | Low | 8 | 26.5% |
| Salem Plateau | Ordovician dolomite. | Moderate | 9 | 15.1% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Searcy County beside the ground around it
Searcy County has more moderate-potential ground than Arkansas as a whole: 73.5% of its land against 21.3%. Of the 7 counties that border it, 3 have more moderate-potential ground, Baxter County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Searcy County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Searcy 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
Searcy County, Questions
Questions about radon in Searcy County
Are radon levels high in Searcy County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 50.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Searcy County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.5 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 95 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.
Which counties border Searcy County?
Searcy County borders 7 counties: Van Buren County, Marion County, Stone County, Newton County, Baxter County, Boone County and Pope County.
Products
Searcy County, Products
Testing a home in Searcy County
No CDC figure names Searcy County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (82 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Searcy County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
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
RadonScan-Plus USB-powered radon monitor with Wi-Fi
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi
- Alarm
- Screen, app
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Searcy County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Searcy County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Baxter CountyEPA zone 2
65.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 5.3 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Boone CountyEPA zone 2
34.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.3 pCi/L · 23 tests
- Radon levels in Pope CountyEPA zone 3
15.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 13 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 Marion CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Stone CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Newton CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.0 pCi/L · 1 test
Searcy County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Searcy County
Searcy County's population has barely moved since 2020: 7,848 residents on July 1, 2025 against 7,845 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 12 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Marshall, the largest, has 1,320 residents, 16.8% of the total. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 4 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 come to 0.5 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.2 for Arkansas.
From Marshall to Gilbert, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Searcy County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall | 1,320 | −1.0% | 16.8% |
| Leslie | 371 | −0.5% | 4.7% |
| St. Joe | 132 | +2.3% | 1.7% |
| Pindall | 100 | +1.0% | 1.3% |
| Big Flatextends beyond Searcy County | 87 | +1.2% | Counted whole |
| Gilbert | 25 | Level | 0.3% |
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 Searcy County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Searcy County, Homes
Homes in Searcy County
Searcy County is a place of houses on their own lots: 75% of its 4,721 homes are detached single-family houses, against 70% across Arkansas. Half of its homes were built before 1980, close to Arkansas' 1987: 22% date from before 1960 and 19% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 75% of the occupied homes (Arkansas: 66%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Searcy County | Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,721 | 1,382,664 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 70% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 20% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1980 | 1987 |
| Owner-occupied | 75% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.