Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Baylor County, Texas
EPA puts Baylor County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
7.2%
Denton County, 124 miles
- Denton
- 7.2%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 181 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Baylor
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Baylor 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
Baylor County, At a glance
Baylor County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Baylor County. Denton County, 124 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Baylor County, Compared
Baylor County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Baylor County has no radon test figure of its own from CDC, whose counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals name 140 other Texas counties and leave it out. Pooled across 140 Texas counties, 10.4% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Denton County (124 miles away) at 7.2%, Tarrant County (126 miles away) at 10.6% and Lubbock County (150 miles away) at 57.8%. Statewide for the same period, Randall County reported the highest share (71.4%) and Nueces County the lowest (0.0%).
EPA's 1993 map puts Baylor County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Baylor County, Geology
The ground under Baylor County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Baylor County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Central Texas, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Baylor County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Baylor County's is. None of the 8 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Baylor County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Baylor County
- Texas Radon GroupTexas Radon Group, run by Texas Tech University, does not license radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Texas.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The Texas Radon Group offers free radon test kits for Texas individuals who qualify.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Texas7 professionals are listed in Texas.
What Texas's program says
- Licensing of radon professionals
There are no radon certification requirements for the State of Texas at this time, but the National Radon Proficiency Program lists radon testers and mitigators within Texas that have passed a rigorous national certification program.
What it means
Baylor County, Questions
Questions about radon in Baylor County
Are radon levels high in Baylor County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Baylor County, Texas yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 196 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 7.2% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Baylor County?
Baylor County borders 8 counties: Throckmorton County, Knox County, Archer County, Young County, Wilbarger County, Haskell County, Wichita County and Foard County.
Products
Baylor County, Products
Testing a home in Baylor County
No CDC figure names Baylor County; the nearest county with one, Denton County (124 miles away), reported 7.2% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2007 to 2016 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 Baylor County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
RM-63Pro rechargeable radon monitor with a touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Baylor County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Baylor County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Wilbarger CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.6 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Wichita CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Throckmorton CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Knox CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Archer CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Young CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Haskell CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Foard CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Baylor County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Baylor County
Baylor County's population has barely moved since 2020: 3,472 residents on July 1, 2025 against 3,461 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 4.0 people to the square mile. Seymour, its one incorporated place, has 2,574 residents, 74.1% of the total. CDC publishes no radon test count for Baylor County; across Texas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Seymour is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Baylor County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seymour | 2,574 | −0.1% | 74.1% |
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).
Baylor County, Homes
Homes in Baylor County
Baylor County is a place of houses on their own lots: 82% of its 2,170 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1966 (1990 for Texas), and 37% date from before 1960. 67% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Texas: 63%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Baylor County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 2,170 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 82% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | under 1% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 7% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 37% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 10% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1966 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.