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 Loup County, Nebraska
EPA puts Loup County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 6 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2023). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
52.3%
Custer County
- Custer
- 52.3%
- Brown
- 41.9%
3 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
52.4%
Valley County, 34 miles
- Valley
- 52.4%
- Nebraska
- 58.5%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 84 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
6.6%
65.2 pts below Nebraska
- Loup
- 6.6%
- Nebraska
- 71.8%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
15
Too few for a share
- Loup
- 15
- 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 Loup 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
Loup County, At a glance
Loup County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 93% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Loup County, 2023
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 33.3% |
2023: 33.3%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 50.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Loup County over 2023, 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: 2023. Measured data period: 2005 to 2023 (every CDC figure on file).
Loup County, Compared
Loup County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Loup County rests on 15 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 4.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Custer County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 52.3%, and Brown County the smallest, 41.9%, with Holt County at 42.7% between. Farther out, Valley County (34 miles away) at 52.4%, Greeley County (54 miles away) at 57.9% and Sherman County (54 miles away) at 48.4% have figures too. Pooled across 93 Nebraska counties, 58.5% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Clay County reported the highest share (85.1%) and Cherry County the lowest (13.3%). EPA's 1993 map puts Loup County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 93% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Loup County, Geology
The ground under Loup County
PredictedMost of the ground under Loup County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 93.4% of its land is low radon potential, with 6.6% moderate. The map puts 93.4% of Loup County in the area it calls Sand Hills and 6.6% in Loess over Tertiary sediments. USGS gives the first a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 11, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hills | Quaternary windblown sand. | Low | 8 | 93.4% |
| Loess over Tertiary sediments | Tertiary bedrock covered by varying thicknesses of loess. | Moderate | 11 | 6.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Loup County beside the ground around it
Across Nebraska 40.9% of the land is rated high; none of Loup County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Holt County the most at 5.2%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Loup County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Loup County
- Office of Environmental Health Hazards & Indoor AirOffice of Environmental Health Hazards & Indoor Air, run by Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, licenses or certifies radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Nebraska.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
Some local programs distribute radon kits for free or a reduced cost.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Nebraska116 professionals are listed in Nebraska.
What Nebraska's program says
- Phone
- (402) 471-1005
- Licensing of radon professionals
If radon testing is done in schools, offices, or other places of work, it must be done by a licensed radon measurement business.
What it means
Loup County, Questions
Questions about radon in Loup County
Are radon levels high in Loup County?
In 2023, 33.3% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Loup County, Nebraska were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.8 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Custer County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 52.3%, and Brown County the smallest, 41.9%, with Holt County at 42.7% between.
Which counties border Loup County?
Loup County borders 6 counties: Garfield County, Blaine County, Custer County, Rock County, Brown County and Holt County.
Products
Loup County, Products
Testing a home in Loup County
No CDC figure names Loup County; the nearest county with one, Valley County (34 miles away), reported 52.4% 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. 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 Loup County.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Loup County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Loup County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Custer CountyEPA zone 2
52.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.2 pCi/L · 132 tests
- Radon levels in Holt CountyEPA zone 3
42.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.3 pCi/L · 349 tests
- Radon levels in Brown CountyEPA zone 3
41.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.7 pCi/L · 62 tests
- Radon levels in Garfield CountyEPA zone 3
27.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 29 tests
- Radon levels in Rock CountyEPA zone 3
4.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 24 tests
- Radon levels in Blaine CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
Loup County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Loup County
Loup County has been losing residents: from 607 in 2020 to 570 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.1% by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 1.0 people to the square mile. Taylor, its one incorporated place, has 132 residents, 23.2% of the total. CDC's 15 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 work out to 26.3 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Nebraska's 21.2.
Taylor is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Loup County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 132 | −5.7% | 23.2% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Loup County, Homes
Homes in Loup County
Loup County is a place of houses on their own lots: 83% of its 429 homes are detached single-family houses, against 72% across Nebraska. Half of its homes were built before 1980, close to Nebraska's 1975: 34% date from before 1960 and 31% from 2000 or later. 66% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Nebraska: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Loup County | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 429 | 855,631 |
| Detached houses | 83% | 72% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 0% | 17% |
| Mobile homes | 17% | 3% |
| Built before 1960 | 34% | 32% |
| Built since 2000 | 31% | 22% |
| Middle year built | 1980 | 1975 |
| Owner-occupied | 66% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.