Short-term kit
RA100 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico
EPA has no radon zone on file for Río Grande Municipio, and the only way to know your home's level is to test it.
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
Read a result for Río Grande Municipio
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
Río Grande Municipio, At a glance
Río Grande Municipio at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
No EPA zone on file
Radon411 has no EPA radon zone on file for Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico, and it does not guess one.
A prediction for the whole county, not a measurement of any address: elevated homes occur in all three zones.
Predicted: no EPA zone on file yet
Measured: tests reported to CDC
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Río Grande Municipio. Only a test tells you the level in a home.
Río Grande Municipio, Compared
Río Grande Municipio radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Río Grande Municipio is in a state CDC's county radon counts do not reach: no Puerto Rico county has a figure, while 2,669 counties elsewhere do over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Puerto Rico county contributes to that pool.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Local help
Río Grande Municipio, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Río Grande Municipio
- Puerto Rico's radon programRadon411 has no radon program on file for Puerto Rico. The state radon programs list covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Puerto Rico directoryNo professionals are listed in Puerto Rico yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
Río Grande Municipio, Questions
Questions about radon in Río Grande Municipio
Are radon levels high in Río Grande Municipio?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Río Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico yet. No county within 250 miles of Río Grande Municipio has a CDC figure, so the only comparison is the national pool: 36.3% of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Río Grande Municipio?
Río Grande Municipio borders 6 municipios: Canóvanas Municipio, Loíza Municipio, Luquillo Municipio, Naguabo Municipio, Las Piedras Municipio and Ceiba Municipio.
Products
Río Grande Municipio, Products
Testing a home in Río Grande Municipio
No CDC figure names Río Grande Municipio, and none within 250 miles of it: a test of this home is the only reading it will get. A short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check for a home in Río Grande Municipio; 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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-3699 radon monitor with a 2.1-inch touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 1 hour
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
Best radon monitors for Río Grande Municipio homes, compared
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Río Grande Municipio, Bordering municipios
Municipios bordering Río Grande Municipio
Calculated by Radon411municipios bordering Río Grande Municipio: 1 of 6
Río Grande Municipio, Homes
Homes in Río Grande Municipio
Of Río Grande Municipio's 22,782 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 68% across Puerto Rico; 10% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Puerto Rico's 1979: 8% date from before 1960 and 20% from 2000 or later. 73% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Puerto Rico: 68%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Río Grande Municipio | Puerto Rico |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 22,782 | 1,575,105 |
| Detached houses | 72% | 68% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 10% | 14% |
| Mobile homes | under 1% | under 1% |
| Built before 1960 | 8% | 14% |
| Built since 2000 | 20% | 15% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1979 |
| 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.