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Radon Levels in Luna County, New Mexico
EPA puts Luna County in Zone 2, its middle 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.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
16.3%
Doña Ana County
- Doña Ana
- 16.3%
1 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
16.3%
Doña Ana County, 55 miles
- Doña Ana
- 16.3%
- New Mexico
- 30.3%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 104 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
11.7%
80.9 pts below New Mexico
- Luna
- 11.7%
- New Mexico
- 92.6%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
16
Too few for a share
- Luna
- 16
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Luna 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
Luna County, At a glance
Luna County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Luna County is a
USGS geologic potential: Low across 88% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Luna County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 5 reported tests for Luna 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). Luna County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Luna 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).
Luna County, Compared
Luna County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Luna County rests on 16 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 6.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.5 pCi/L.
Doña Ana County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 16.3% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Otero County (121 miles away) at 10.7%, Lincoln County (171 miles away) at 20.6% and Bernalillo County (207 miles away) at 25.2% have figures too. Pooled across 30 New Mexico counties, 30.3% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Taos County reported the highest share (71.9%) and Otero County the lowest (10.7%). EPA's 1993 map puts Luna County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 88% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Luna County, Geology
The ground under Luna County
PredictedMost of the ground under Luna County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 88.3% of its land is low radon potential, with 11.7% moderate. The map puts 88.3% of Luna County in the area it calls Basin and Range Southern Mexican Highland and 11.7% in Datil-Mogollon Volcanic Field. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basin and Range Southern Mexican Highland | Volcanic, plutonic, and lesser sandstone, shale, limestone; Quaternary velley-fill alluvium. | Low | 8 | 88.3% |
| Datil-Mogollon Volcanic Field | Silicic to intermediate volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks, basin-fill gravel, sand, silt. | Moderate | 11 | 11.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Luna County beside the ground around it
Across New Mexico 19.2% of the land is rated high; none of Luna County's is. Of the 4 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Sierra County the most at 50.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Luna County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Luna County
- New Mexico Indoor Radon Outreach ProgramNew Mexico Indoor Radon Outreach Program, run by New Mexico Environment Department, does not license radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in New Mexico.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The New Mexico Environment Department seasonally distributes free radon testing kits to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Compare kits
- See the New Mexico directoryNo professionals are listed in New Mexico yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What New Mexico's program says
- Phone
- (505) 476-8600
- radon.questions@env.nm.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
There is not currently a certification program within the state.
What it means
Luna County, Questions
Questions about radon in Luna County
Are radon levels high in Luna County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 40.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Luna County, New Mexico were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.5 pCi/L. Doña Ana County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 16.3% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Luna County?
Luna County borders 4 counties: Grant County, Doña Ana County, Hidalgo County and Sierra County.
Products
Luna County, Products
Testing a home in Luna County
No CDC figure names Luna County; the nearest county with one, Doña Ana County (55 miles away), reported 16.3% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 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 Luna County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011 rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Luna County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Luna County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Grant CountyEPA zone 2
40.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Doña Ana CountyEPA zone 2
16.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 104 tests
- Radon levels in Sierra CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Hidalgo CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Luna County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Luna County
Luna County's population has barely moved since 2020: 25,407 residents on July 1, 2025 against 25,452 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 8.6 people to the square mile. Deming alone is home to 14,944 of them, 58.8% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 64.7% of those residents; the other 35.3% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 16 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where New Mexico as a whole comes to 2.2.
From Deming to Columbus, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Luna County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deming | 14,944 | −1.6% | 58.8% |
| Columbus | 1,484 | +3.1% | 5.8% |
2 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).
Luna County, Homes
Homes in Luna County
Of Luna County's 11,567 homes, 56% are detached houses, against 65% across New Mexico; 32% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to New Mexico's 1984: 20% date from before 1960 and 16% from 2000 or later. 69% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (New Mexico: 69%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Luna County | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11,567 | 949,524 |
| Detached houses | 56% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 6% | 10% |
| Mobile homes | 32% | 16% |
| Built before 1960 | 20% | 17% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 24% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.