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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Webster County, Kentucky
EPA puts Webster County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 8 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
Highest bordering
24.1%
Henderson County
- Henderson
- 24.1%
- Hopkins
- 9.5%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
9.5%
Hopkins County, 16 miles
- Hopkins
- 9.5%
- Kentucky
- 43.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 42 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
5.7 pts above Kentucky
- Webster
- 100.0%
- Kentucky
- 94.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
8
Too few for a share
- Webster
- 8
- 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 Webster 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
Webster County, At a glance
Webster County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Webster County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Webster County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 8 reported tests for Webster County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.0 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Webster County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 8 tests were reported to CDC for Webster 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).
Webster County, Compared
Webster County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Webster County rests on 8 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 12.5 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 22.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.0 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Henderson County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 24.1%, and Hopkins County the smallest, 9.5%. Farther out, Daviess County (36 miles away) at 20.0%, Christian County (44 miles away) at 36.1% and Trigg County (50 miles away) at 22.2% have figures too. Pooled across 120 Kentucky counties, 43.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Meade County reported the highest share (68.4%) and Hopkins County the lowest (9.5%). EPA's 1993 map puts Webster County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Webster County, Geology
The ground under Webster County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Webster County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Western Coalfield, to which USGS gives a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Coalfield | Limestones, shale, siltstone, and coal beds. | Moderate | 9 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Webster County beside the ground around it
Across Kentucky 18.2% of the land is rated high; none of Webster County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Crittenden County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Webster County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Webster County
- Kentucky's radon programKentucky Board of Radon SafetyKentucky's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Kentucky.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
- Professionals in Kentucky8 professionals are listed in Kentucky.
What Kentucky's program says
- Phone
- 502-782-2782
- Radon@ky.gov
What it means
Webster County, Questions
Questions about radon in Webster County
Are radon levels high in Webster County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 12.5% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Webster County, Kentucky were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.0 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Henderson County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 24.1%, and Hopkins County the smallest, 9.5%.
Which counties border Webster County?
Webster County borders 6 counties: Hopkins County, Henderson County, Union County, McLean County, Crittenden County and Caldwell County.
Products
Webster County, Products
Testing a home in Webster County
No CDC figure names Webster County; the nearest county with one, Hopkins County (16 miles away), reported 9.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2008 to 2017 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 Webster County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Webster County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Webster County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in McLean CountyEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 6.7 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Caldwell CountyEPA zone 2
40.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.7 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Union CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Crittenden CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Henderson CountyEPA zone 2
24.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 54 tests
- Radon levels in Hopkins CountyEPA zone 2
9.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 42 tests
Webster County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Webster County
About 12,929 people live in Webster County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 92 fewer than in 2020 (−0.7%). That works out to 39 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Providence, has 2,872 residents, 22.2% of the total. Together its 6 incorporated places hold 51.3% of those residents; the other 48.7% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 8 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Kentucky as a whole comes to 6.3.
From Providence to Wheatcroft, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Webster County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 2,872 | −0.7% | 22.2% |
| Sebree | 1,546 | −1.9% | 12.0% |
| Clay | 1,004 | −2.0% | 7.8% |
| Dixon | 920 | −0.9% | 7.1% |
| Slaughters | 191 | +0.5% | 1.5% |
| Wheatcroft | 100 | −2.0% | 0.8% |
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).
Webster County, Homes
Homes in Webster County
Of Webster County's 5,728 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 68% across Kentucky; 18% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1977, close to Kentucky's 1982: 29% date from before 1960 and 21% from 2000 or later. 73% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Kentucky: 68%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Webster County | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,728 | 2,010,655 |
| Detached houses | 72% | 68% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 18% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 29% | 22% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 24% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 68% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.