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 Kinney County, Texas
EPA puts Kinney 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
6.6%
Bexar County, 115 miles
- Bexar
- 6.6%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 197 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Kinney
- 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 Kinney 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
Kinney County, At a glance
Kinney 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 Kinney County. Bexar County, 115 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Kinney County, Compared
Kinney County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Kinney 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 Bexar County (115 miles away) at 6.6%, Travis County (172 miles away) at 9.3% and Williamson County (191 miles away) at 2.0%. 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 Kinney 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.
Kinney County, Geology
The ground under Kinney County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Kinney County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 55.8% of Kinney County in the area it calls South Texas Plain and 44.1% in Southern High Plains and Plateaus. USGS gives both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas Plain | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 55.8% |
| Southern High Plains and Plateaus | Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstone, limestone, shale. | Low | 7 | 44.1% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Kinney County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Kinney County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Val Verde County the most at 14.5%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Kinney County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Kinney 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
Kinney County, Questions
Questions about radon in Kinney County
Are radon levels high in Kinney County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Kinney County, Texas yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 263 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 17.1%.
Which counties border Kinney County?
Kinney County borders 5 counties: Uvalde County, Edwards County, Val Verde County, Maverick County and Zavala County.
Products
Kinney County, Products
Testing a home in Kinney County
No CDC figure names Kinney County; the nearest county with one, Bexar County (115 miles away), reported 6.6% 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 Kinney 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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Kinney County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Kinney County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Maverick CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Uvalde CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Edwards CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Val Verde CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Zavala CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Kinney County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Kinney County
Kinney County's population has barely moved since 2020: 3,128 residents on July 1, 2025 against 3,127 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 2.3 people to the square mile. Its largest town, Brackettville, has 1,327 residents, 42.4% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 43.8% of those residents; the other 56.2% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Kinney County; across Texas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Brackettville to Spofford, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Kinney County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brackettville | 1,327 | −1.0% | 42.4% |
| Spofford | 43 | −2.3% | 1.4% |
2 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).
Kinney County, Homes
Homes in Kinney County
Kinney County is a place of houses on their own lots: 78% of its 1,548 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1978 (1990 for Texas), and 26% 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 | Kinney County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,548 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 78% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 0% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 17% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 26% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 7% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1978 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.