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Radon Levels in Van Buren County, Arkansas

EPA puts Van Buren County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 5 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.

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  • Nearest county

    6.8%

    Pulaski County, 57 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

    Van Buren
    0.0%
    Arkansas
    21.3%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    6

    Too few for a share

    Van Buren
    6
    Needed
    30

    2007 to 2016, laboratory

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 3

    Lower potential

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. Zone 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors

Read a result for Van Buren County

Starts at EPA's action level

4.0pCi/L

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

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 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.

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The data

Van Buren County, At a glance

Van Buren County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Van Buren County as a whole is an average indoor of less than 2 pCi/L (less than 75 Bq/m³). A low zone clears no address in it: homes above EPA's turn up in all three zones.

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 Van Buren County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 5 reported tests for Van Buren County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Van Buren County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Van Buren 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).

How to read these figures

Van Buren County, Compared

Van Buren County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Van Buren County rests on 6 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 16.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 3.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.6 pCi/L.

The nearest counties with a figure are Pulaski County (57 miles away) at 6.8%, Saline County (65 miles away) at 31.9% and Garland County (78 miles away) at 45.8%. 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 Van Buren 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.

Arkansas, the United States and the counties around Van Buren County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Arkansas, pooled60 counties, pooled68722.7%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,666 counties, pooled1,939,02535.8%Not pooled
Garland Countyhighest in the state4845.8%2.9 pCi/L
Pulaski Countylowest in the state1036.8%0.9 pCi/L
Searcy County, ARborders it450.0%3.5 pCi/L
Conway County, ARborders it425.0%1.6 pCi/L
Pope County, ARborders it1315.4%2.7 pCi/L
Faulkner County, ARborders it195.3%1.3 pCi/L
Cleburne County, ARborders it70.0%2.1 pCi/L
Stone County, ARborders it70.0%1.1 pCi/L
The nearest Arkansas counties to Van Buren County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Pulaski County57 mi1036.8%0.9 pCi/L
Saline County65 mi4731.9%2.2 pCi/L
Garland County78 mi4845.8%2.9 pCi/L
Washington County99 mi5614.3%2.2 pCi/L
Benton County111 mi14531.0%1.8 pCi/L
Van Buren County ten-year laboratory totals, against Arkansas' pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestArkansas, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 201750.0%2.5 pCi/L3.6 pCi/L23.2%Level
2007 to 201660.0%2.6 pCi/L3.6 pCi/L22.7%Level
2006 to 201560.0%2.6 pCi/L3.6 pCi/L22.5%Level
2005 to 201460.0%2.6 pCi/L3.6 pCi/L24.3%First on file

Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.

Van Buren County, Geology

The ground under Van Buren County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Van Buren County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 68.7% of Van Buren County in the area it calls Boston Mountains and 31.2% in Arkansas Valley. USGS gives both a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).

USGS's geologic areas under Van Buren County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Boston MountainsMississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales.Low868.7%
Arkansas ValleyMississippian and Pennsylvanian sandstones and shales.Low831.2%

Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.

Van Buren County beside the ground around it

Across Arkansas 21.3% of the land is rated moderate; none of Van Buren County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 3 have more moderate-potential ground, Searcy County the most at 73.5%.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Van Buren County, the 6 counties bordering it and Arkansas
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Van Buren CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Searcy CountyZone 226.5%73.5%None
Conway CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Stone CountyZone 236.9%63.1%None
Cleburne CountyZone 399.7%0.3%None
Pope CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Faulkner CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Arkansas75 counties, pooled by land areaVaries78.7%21.3%None

The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.

Local help

Van Buren County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Van Buren County

What Arkansas's program says
Phone
501-661-2621
Email
ADH.EPI.Radon@arkansas.gov

What it means

Van Buren County, Questions

Questions about radon in Van Buren County

Are radon levels high in Van Buren County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Van Buren County, Arkansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.5 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 111 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.8% to 45.8%.

Which counties border Van Buren County?

Van Buren County borders 6 counties: Searcy County, Conway County, Stone County, Cleburne County, Pope County and Faulkner County.

Products

Van Buren County, Products

Testing a home in Van Buren County

No CDC figure names Van Buren County; the nearest county with one, Pulaski County (57 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 Van Buren County.

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Van Buren County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Van Buren County

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Van Buren County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Van Buren County

The Census Bureau estimates 16,238 residents in Van Buren County for July 1, 2025, 435 more than in 2020 (+2.8%). That works out to 23 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Clinton, the largest, has 2,511 residents, 15.5% of the total. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 6 reported tests for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.2 for Arkansas.

From Clinton to Shirley, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Van Buren County's.

The cities and towns in Van Buren County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Clinton2,511+0.8%15.5%
Fairfield Bayextends beyond Van Buren County2,198+4.4%Counted whole
Damascusextends beyond Van Buren County396+2.1%Counted whole
Shirley249+2.0%1.5%

4 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 Van Buren County is counted whole, so it has no share.

Van Buren County, Homes

Homes in Van Buren County

Of Van Buren County's 9,724 homes, 70% are detached houses, against 70% across Arkansas; 22% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Arkansas' 1987: 10% date from before 1960 and 26% 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 in Van Buren County, Arkansas, 2019 to 2023
HomesVan Buren CountyArkansas
Housing units9,7241,382,664
Detached houses70%70%
In buildings of 5 or more5%10%
Mobile homes22%11%
Built before 196010%14%
Built since 200026%28%
Middle year built19861987
Owner-occupied78%66%

Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.