Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Foard County, Texas
EPA puts Foard 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
57.8%
Lubbock County, 120 miles
- Lubbock
- 57.8%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 128 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Foard
- 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 Foard 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
Foard County, At a glance
Foard 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 Foard County. Lubbock County, 120 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Foard County, Compared
Foard County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's county radon counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals cover 140 Texas counties, and Foard County is not among them: no year's figure and no ten-year laboratory total names it. 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 Lubbock County (120 miles away) at 57.8%, Randall County (139 miles away) at 71.4% and Potter County (156 miles away) at 20.0%. 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 Foard 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.
Foard County, Geology
The ground under Foard County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Foard 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.
Foard County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Foard County's is. None of the 6 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Foard County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Foard 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
Foard County, Questions
Questions about radon in Foard County
Are radon levels high in Foard County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Foard County, Texas yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 195 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Foard County?
Foard County borders 6 counties: Knox County, Hardeman County, Cottle County, Wilbarger County, King County and Baylor County.
Products
Foard County, Products
Testing a home in Foard County
No CDC figure names Foard County; the nearest county with one, Lubbock County (120 miles away), reported 57.8% 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 Foard County.
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
MonitorAranet
Radon Plus battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Foard County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Foard 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 Knox CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Hardeman CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Cottle CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in King CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Baylor CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Foard County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Foard County
About 1,044 people live in Foard County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 46 fewer than in 2020 (−4.2%). Spread over its land, that is 1.5 people to the square mile. Crowell, its one incorporated place, has 726 residents, 69.5% of the total. CDC publishes no radon test count for Foard County; across Texas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Crowell is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Foard County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowell | 726 | −4.7% | 69.5% |
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).
Foard County, Homes
Homes in Foard County
Foard County is a place of houses on their own lots: 76% of its 602 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1962 (1990 for Texas), and 44% 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 | Foard County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 602 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 76% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 0% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 5% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 44% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 8% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1962 | 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.