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Radon Levels in Hemphill County, Texas
EPA puts Hemphill County in Zone 2, its middle 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
20.0%
Potter County, 96 miles
- Potter
- 20.0%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 70 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
100.0%
72.7 pts above Texas
- Hemphill
- 100.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Hemphill
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Hemphill 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
Hemphill County, At a glance
Hemphill County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Hemphill County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Hemphill County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Hemphill County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 3.9 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Hemphill County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Hemphill 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).
Hemphill County, Compared
Hemphill County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Hemphill 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 3.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.9 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Potter County (96 miles away) at 20.0%, Randall County (110 miles away) at 71.4% and Lubbock County (177 miles away) at 57.8%. 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 Hemphill County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Hemphill County, Geology
The ground under Hemphill County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Hemphill County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Northern High Plains and Plateaus, to which USGS gives a radon index of 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern High Plains and Plateaus | Tertiary sandstone, siltstone, shale. | Moderate | 10 | 99.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Hemphill County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Hemphill County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Lipscomb County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Hemphill County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hemphill 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
Hemphill County, Questions
Questions about radon in Hemphill County
Are radon levels high in Hemphill County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hemphill County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.9 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 292 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Hemphill County?
Hemphill County borders 6 counties: Wheeler County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Roger Mills County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX, Gray County, TX and Ellis County, OK.
Products
Hemphill County, Products
Testing a home in Hemphill County
No CDC figure names Hemphill County; the nearest county with one, Potter County (96 miles away), reported 20.0% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Hemphill County; 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
Monitor
RadonScan USB-powered radon monitor with a color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 5 minutes
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Hemphill County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hemphill County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Lipscomb County, TXEPA zone 2
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 7.3 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Wheeler County, TXEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Roger Mills County, OKEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.2 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Gray County, TXEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Roberts County, TXEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Ellis County, OKEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Hemphill County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hemphill County
Hemphill County has been losing residents: from 3,365 in 2020 to 3,083 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 8.4% by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 3.4 people to the square mile. Canadian, its one incorporated place, has 2,129 residents, 69.1% of the total. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 1 reported test for 2008 to 2017 come to 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.1 for Texas.
Canadian is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Hemphill County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | 2,129 | −7.5% | 69.1% |
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).
Hemphill County, Homes
Homes in Hemphill County
Hemphill County is a place of houses on their own lots: 77% of its 1,694 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1980 (1990 for Texas), and 26% date from before 1960. Owners live in 76% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Hemphill County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,694 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 77% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 14% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 26% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1980 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 76% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.