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Radon Levels in Bowie County, Texas
EPA puts Bowie County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 4 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2006 to 2015, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
9.1%
Smith County, 89 miles
- Smith
- 9.1%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 33 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Bowie
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Bowie
- 4
- Needed
- 30
2006 to 2015, 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 Bowie 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
Bowie County, At a glance
Bowie 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
Radon tests reported for Bowie County, 2006 to 2015, laboratory
CDC holds 4 reported tests for Bowie County over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.8 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Bowie County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 4 tests were reported to CDC for Bowie County over 2006 to 2015 (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: 2006 to 2015, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2015 (every CDC figure on file).
Bowie County, Compared
Bowie County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Bowie County rests on 4 tests over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 25.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.8 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Smith County (89 miles away) at 9.1%, Collin County (126 miles away) at 7.7% and Dallas County (144 miles away) at 8.7%. Pooled across 140 Texas counties, 10.4% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
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 Bowie 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.
Bowie County, Geology
The ground under Bowie County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Bowie County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.4% of it lies in the area the map calls East Texas Province, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Texas Province | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 6 | 99.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Bowie County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Bowie County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Red River County the most at 20.6%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Bowie County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bowie 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
Bowie County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bowie County
Are radon levels high in Bowie County?
Over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Bowie County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.8 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 226 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 17.1%.
Which counties border Bowie County?
Bowie County borders 6 counties: Cass County, TX, Little River County, AR, Morris County, TX, Miller County, AR, Red River County, TX and McCurtain County, OK.
Products
Bowie County, Products
Testing a home in Bowie County
No CDC figure names Bowie County; the nearest county with one, Smith County (89 miles away), reported 9.1% 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 Bowie County.
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Bowie County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bowie County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Miller County, AREPA zone 3
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.8 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Cass County, TXEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Little River County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Morris County, TXEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Red River County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in McCurtain County, OKEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Bowie County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Bowie County
Bowie County's population has barely moved since 2020: 92,696 residents on July 1, 2025 against 92,907 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 105 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Texarkana, has 36,195 residents, 39.0% of the total. Together its 10 incorporated places hold 62.5% of those residents; the other 37.5% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 4 tests over 2006 to 2015, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Texas as a whole comes to 0.1.
From Texarkana to Leary, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Bowie County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texarkana | 36,195 | −0.1% | 39.0% |
| Wake Village | 5,796 | −2.1% | 6.3% |
| New Boston | 4,560 | −1.6% | 4.9% |
| Nash | 4,269 | +12.0% | 4.6% |
| Hooks | 2,490 | −1.1% | 2.7% |
| De Kalb | 1,455 | −6.1% | 1.6% |
| Maud | 986 | +0.3% | 1.1% |
| Red Lick | 924 | −1.4% | 1.0% |
| Redwater | 853 | +2.0% | 0.9% |
| Leary | 430 | +3.9% | 0.5% |
10 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).
Bowie County, Homes
Homes in Bowie County
Of Bowie County's 39,791 homes, 67% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 13% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Texas' 1990: 14% date from before 1960 and 23% from 2000 or later. 63% 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 | Bowie County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 39,791 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 67% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 10% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 13% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.