Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Rawlins County, Kansas
EPA puts Rawlins County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 5 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2022). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
64.2%
Red Willow County
- Red Willow
- 64.2%
- Thomas
- 45.5%
4 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2019
Nearest county
45.5%
Thomas County, 30 miles
- Thomas
- 45.5%
- Kansas
- 33.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 44 tests, 2019
Ground above low
100.0%
Level with Kansas
- Rawlins
- 100.0%
- Kansas
- 100.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
18
Too few for a share
- Rawlins
- 18
- Needed
- 30
2021
EPA radon zone
Zone 1
Highest potential
- Zone 1
- 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts over 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Rawlins 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
Rawlins County, At a glance
Rawlins County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Rawlins County in
USGS geologic potential: High across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Rawlins County, 2022
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 66.7% |
| 2017 | 71.4% |
| 2018 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 25.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 50.0% |
| 2022 | 80.0% |
2022: 80.0%. Across these years the share ran from 25.0% to 100.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Rawlins County over 2022, 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: 2022. Measured data period: 2016 to 2022 (every CDC figure on file).
Rawlins County, Compared
Rawlins County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Rawlins County rests on 18 tests in 2021, 9 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.6 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 12.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.8 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure in 2019: Red Willow County, NE reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 64.2%, and Thomas County the smallest, 45.5%, with Sherman County at 58.7% and Hitchcock County, NE at 46.2% between. Farther out, Scott County (90 miles away) at 61.5%, Phillips County (92 miles away) at 71.4% and Ellis County (112 miles away) at 41.6% have figures too. Pooled across 102 Kansas counties, 33.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 29.0%.
Statewide for the same period, Jewell County reported the highest share (71.9%) and Reno County the lowest (20.8%). EPA's 1993 map puts Rawlins County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land high radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Rawlins County, Geology
The ground under Rawlins County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Rawlins County's mapped land in one class: high radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Ogallala Formation, to which USGS gives a radon index of 12, in the high band (12 to 17).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ogallala Formation | Tertiary sandstone, in part covered by windblown eolian sand and loess deposits. | High | 12 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Rawlins County beside the ground around it
Rawlins County has more high-potential ground than Kansas as a whole: 100% of its land against 59.9%. Of the 7 counties that border it, none has as large a share of high-potential ground; Decatur County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Rawlins County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Rawlins County
- Kansas Radon ProgramKansas Radon Program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Kansas.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.
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- Professionals in Kansas178 professionals are listed in Kansas.
What Kansas's program says
- Phone
- (800) 693-5343
What it means
Rawlins County, Questions
Questions about radon in Rawlins County
Are radon levels high in Rawlins County?
In 2022, 80.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Rawlins County, Kansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 9.3 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure in 2019: Red Willow County, NE reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 64.2%, and Thomas County the smallest, 45.5%, with Sherman County at 58.7% and Hitchcock County, NE at 46.2% between.
Which counties border Rawlins County?
Rawlins County borders 7 counties: Thomas County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Dundy County, NE and Red Willow County, NE.
Products
Rawlins County, Products
Testing a home in Rawlins County
No CDC figure names Rawlins County; the nearest county with one, Thomas County (30 miles away), reported 45.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L in 2019, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. In Zone 1 the year-round level in Rawlins County is the one to know: a long-term test (more than 90 days) or a monitor, with a short-term kit for a first answer.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
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Rawlins County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Rawlins County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Decatur County, KSEPA zone 1
66.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 5.0 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Red Willow County, NEEPA zone 1
64.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.9 pCi/L · 159 tests
- Radon levels in Sherman County, KSEPA zone 1
58.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.6 pCi/L · 63 tests
- Radon levels in Hitchcock County, NEEPA zone 1
46.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.4 pCi/L · 39 tests
- Radon levels in Thomas County, KSEPA zone 1
45.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.8 pCi/L · 44 tests
- Radon levels in Cheyenne County, KSEPA zone 1
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Dundy County, NEEPA zone 2
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 24 tests
Rawlins County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Rawlins County
Rawlins County has been losing residents: from 2,567 in 2020 to 2,431 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 5.3% by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 2.3 people to the square mile. Atwood alone is home to 1,229 of them, 50.6% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 60.0% of those residents; the other 40.0% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 18 tests over 2021, or 7.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Kansas as a whole comes to 23.5.
From Atwood to Herndon, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Rawlins County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atwood | 1,229 | −4.7% | 50.6% |
| McDonald | 115 | −1.7% | 4.7% |
| Herndon | 114 | −6.6% | 4.7% |
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).
Rawlins County, Homes
Homes in Rawlins County
Rawlins County is a place of houses on their own lots: 79% of its 1,363 homes are detached single-family houses, against 72% across Kansas. The homes are older than Kansas' as a whole: half were built before 1956 (1975 for Kansas), and 55% date from before 1960. 69% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Kansas: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Rawlins County | Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,363 | 1,285,221 |
| Detached houses | 79% | 72% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 13% |
| Mobile homes | 15% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 55% | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 4% | 20% |
| Middle year built | 1956 | 1975 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.