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Radon Levels in Cass County, Texas

EPA puts Cass County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is 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

  • Nearest county

    9.1%

    Smith County, 72 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

    Cass
    0.0%
    Texas
    27.3%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    1

    Too few for a share

    Cass
    1
    Needed
    30

    2008 to 2017, laboratory

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 3

    Lower potential

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. Zone 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors

Read a result for Cass County

Starts at EPA's action level

4.0pCi/L

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

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 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

Cass County, At a glance

Cass County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Cass County as a whole is an average indoor of less than 2 pCi/L (less than 75 Bq/m³). A low zone clears no address in it: homes above EPA's turn up in all three zones.

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 Cass County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 1 reported test for Cass County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 1.6 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Cass County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Cass 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).

How to read these figures

Cass County, Compared

Cass County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Cass County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.6 pCi/L.

The nearest counties with a figure are Smith County (72 miles away) at 9.1%, Collin County (129 miles away) at 7.7% and Dallas County (143 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 Cass 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.

Texas, the United States and the counties around Cass County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Texas, pooled140 counties, pooled4,54810.4%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,666 counties, pooled1,939,02535.8%Not pooled
Randall Countyhighest in the state8471.4%6.2 pCi/L
Nueces Countylowest in the state450.0%0.6 pCi/L
Miller County, ARborders it1100.0%4.8 pCi/L
Caddo Parish, LAborders it2416.7%1.2 pCi/L
Morris County, TXborders it30.0%0.9 pCi/L
The nearest Texas counties to Cass County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Smith County72 mi339.1%0.8 pCi/L
Collin County129 mi2847.7%1.0 pCi/L
Dallas County143 mi6998.7%1.0 pCi/L
Denton County161 mi1817.2%0.9 pCi/L
Tarrant County173 mi31210.6%0.9 pCi/L
McLennan County198 mi4117.1%1.0 pCi/L
Brazos County202 mi490.0%0.2 pCi/L
Montgomery County203 mi857.1%0.6 pCi/L
Cass County ten-year laboratory totals, against Texas' pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestTexas, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 201710.0%1.6 pCi/L1.6 pCi/L10.2%Level
2007 to 201610.0%1.6 pCi/L1.6 pCi/L10.4%Level
2006 to 201510.0%1.6 pCi/L1.6 pCi/L11.0%Level
2005 to 201410.0%1.6 pCi/L1.6 pCi/L10.6%First on file

Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.

Cass County, Geology

The ground under Cass County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Cass County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All 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).

USGS's geologic areas under Cass County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
East Texas ProvinceCretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite.Low699.6%

Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.

Cass County beside the ground around it

Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Cass County's is. None of the 5 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Cass County, the 5 counties bordering it and Texas
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Cass CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Bowie CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Morris CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Marion CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Miller County, ARZone 3100%NoneNone
Caddo Parish, LAZone 3100%NoneNone
Texas254 counties, pooled by land areaVaries72.4%26.8%0.5%

The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.

Local help

Cass County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Cass County

What it means

Cass County, Questions

Questions about radon in Cass County

Are radon levels high in Cass County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Cass County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.6 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 203 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 17.1%.

Which counties border Cass County?

Cass County borders 5 counties: Bowie County, TX, Morris County, TX, Marion County, TX, Miller County, AR and Caddo Parish, LA.

Products

Cass County, Products

Testing a home in Cass County

No CDC figure names Cass County; the nearest county with one, Smith County (72 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 Cass County.

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Cass County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Cass County

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Cass County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Cass County

The Census Bureau estimates 28,651 residents in Cass County for July 1, 2025, 210 more than in 2020 (+0.7%). That works out to 31 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Atlanta, the largest, has 5,478 residents, 19.1% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Texas as a whole comes to 0.1.

From Atlanta to Domino, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Cass County's.

The cities and towns in Cass County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Atlanta5,478+0.8%19.1%
Linden1,809−0.7%6.3%
Hughes Springsextends beyond Cass County1,531−3.6%Counted whole
Queen City1,393−0.9%4.9%
Avinger379+0.3%1.3%
Bloomburg328+3.1%1.1%
Douglassville214+0.9%0.7%
Marietta115Level0.4%
Domino83+12.2%0.3%

9 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). A place that extends beyond Cass County is counted whole, so it has no share.

Cass County, Homes

Homes in Cass County

Of Cass County's 13,963 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 19% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1980 (1990 for Texas), and 18% date from before 1960. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.

Homes in Cass County, Texas, 2019 to 2023
HomesCass CountyTexas
Housing units13,96311,890,808
Detached houses72%65%
In buildings of 5 or more2%21%
Mobile homes19%7%
Built before 196018%13%
Built since 200021%37%
Middle year built19801990
Owner-occupied77%63%

Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.