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Radon Levels in Lipscomb County, Texas

EPA puts Lipscomb 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.

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  • Nearest county

    20.0%

    Potter County, 109 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

    Lipscomb
    100.0%
    Texas
    27.3%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    1

    Too few for a share

    Lipscomb
    1
    Needed
    30

    2008 to 2017, laboratory

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 2

    Moderate potential

    1. 1
    2. Zone 2
    3. 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors

Read a result for Lipscomb 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.

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The data

Lipscomb County, At a glance

Lipscomb County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential

Lipscomb County is a county: EPA's forecast for it as a whole is an average indoor of 2 to 4 pCi/L (75 to 150 Bq/m³). It describes no single address, and homes above EPA's are found in every zone, this one included.

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 Lipscomb County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 1 reported test for Lipscomb County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 7.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Lipscomb County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Lipscomb 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

Lipscomb County, Compared

Lipscomb County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Lipscomb County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 1 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 7.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 7.3 pCi/L.

The nearest counties with a figure are Potter County (109 miles away) at 20.0%, Randall County (129 miles away) at 71.4% and Lubbock County (204 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 Lipscomb 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.

Texas, the United States and the counties around Lipscomb 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
Ochiltree County, TXborders it2100.0%12.1 pCi/L
Hemphill County, TXborders it10.0%3.9 pCi/L
The nearest Texas counties to Lipscomb County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Potter County109 mi7020.0%1.1 pCi/L
Randall County129 mi8471.4%6.2 pCi/L
Lubbock County204 mi12857.8%4.8 pCi/L
Denton County278 mi1817.2%0.9 pCi/L
Tarrant County296 mi31210.6%0.9 pCi/L
Collin County299 mi2847.7%1.0 pCi/L
Dallas County314 mi6998.7%1.0 pCi/L
Midland County320 mi1001.0%0.7 pCi/L
Lipscomb County ten-year laboratory totals, against Texas' pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestTexas, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 20171100.0%7.3 pCi/L7.3 pCi/L10.2%Level
2007 to 20161100.0%7.3 pCi/L7.3 pCi/L10.4%Level
2006 to 20151100.0%7.3 pCi/L7.3 pCi/L11.0%Level
2005 to 20141100.0%7.3 pCi/L7.3 pCi/L10.6%First on file

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

Lipscomb County, Geology

The ground under Lipscomb County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Lipscomb 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).

USGS's geologic areas under Lipscomb County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Northern High Plains and PlateausTertiary sandstone, siltstone, shale.Moderate1099.5%

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

Lipscomb County beside the ground around it

Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Lipscomb County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Hemphill County comes nearest at 100%.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Lipscomb County, the 5 counties bordering it and Texas
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Lipscomb CountyZone 2None100%None
Ellis County, OKZone 220.6%79.4%None
Ochiltree CountyZone 2None100%None
Beaver County, OKZone 25.0%95.1%None
Hemphill CountyZone 2None100%None
Roberts CountyZone 2None100%None
Texas254 counties, pooled by land areaVaries72.4%26.8%0.5%

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

Local help

Lipscomb County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Lipscomb County

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

Lipscomb County, Questions

Questions about radon in Lipscomb County

Are radon levels high in Lipscomb County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 100.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lipscomb County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 7.3 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 320 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.

Which counties border Lipscomb County?

Lipscomb County borders 5 counties: Ellis County, OK, Ochiltree County, TX, Beaver County, OK, Hemphill County, TX and Roberts County, TX.

Products

Lipscomb County, Products

Testing a home in Lipscomb County

No CDC figure names Lipscomb County; the nearest county with one, Potter County (109 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 Lipscomb County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.

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Lipscomb County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Lipscomb County

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Lipscomb County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Lipscomb County

About 2,955 people live in Lipscomb County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 84 fewer than in 2020 (−2.8%). Spread over its land, that is 3.2 people to the square mile. Booker, the largest place on its list (1,379 residents in all), extends beyond Lipscomb County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. 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.

From Booker to Darrouzett, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lipscomb County's.

The cities and towns in Lipscomb County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Bookerextends beyond Lipscomb County1,379−3.1%Counted whole
Follett361−3.7%12.2%
Higgins353−1.7%11.9%
Darrouzett303−3.8%10.3%

4 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 Lipscomb County is counted whole, so it has no share.

Lipscomb County, Homes

Homes in Lipscomb County

Lipscomb County is a place of houses on their own lots: 82% of its 1,505 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1973 (1990 for Texas), and 29% date from before 1960. Owners live in 80% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.

Homes in Lipscomb County, Texas, 2019 to 2023
HomesLipscomb CountyTexas
Housing units1,50511,890,808
Detached houses82%65%
In buildings of 5 or more1%21%
Mobile homes11%7%
Built before 196029%13%
Built since 200014%37%
Middle year built19731990
Owner-occupied80%63%

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