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Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
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Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Live Oak County, Texas
EPA puts Live Oak 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
0.0%
Nueces County, 53 miles
- Nueces
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 45 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Live Oak
- 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 Live Oak 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
Live Oak County, At a glance
Live Oak 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 Live Oak County. Nueces County, 53 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Live Oak County, Compared
Live Oak County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's county radon counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals cover 140 Texas counties, and Live Oak 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 Nueces County (53 miles away) at 0.0%, Bexar County (79 miles away) at 6.6% and Travis County (138 miles away) at 9.3%. 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 Live Oak 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.
Live Oak County, Geology
The ground under Live Oak County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Live Oak County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 76.4% of Live Oak County in the area it calls Coastal Plain and 20.0% in South Texas Plain, with one smaller area beside them. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 76.4% |
| South Texas Plain | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 20.0% |
| East Texas Province | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 6 | 3.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Live Oak County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Live Oak County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Live Oak County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Live Oak 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.
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- 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
Live Oak County, Questions
Questions about radon in Live Oak County
Are radon levels high in Live Oak County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Live Oak County, Texas yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 193 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 14.3%.
Which counties border Live Oak County?
Live Oak County borders 7 counties: Bee County, McMullen County, Karnes County, San Patricio County, Atascosa County, Jim Wells County and Duval County.
Products
Live Oak County, Products
Testing a home in Live Oak County
No CDC figure names Live Oak County; the nearest county with one, Nueces County (53 miles away), reported 0.0% 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. 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 Live Oak County.
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
MonitorX-Sense
XR0B-SR battery digital radon monitor with an alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Live Oak County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Live Oak County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in San Patricio CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Atascosa CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Jim Wells CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Bee CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in McMullen CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Karnes CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Duval CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Live Oak County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Live Oak County
Live Oak County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 11,929 residents on July 1, 2025, up 5.1% from 11,348 in 2020. That works out to 11 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: George West, the largest, has 2,238 residents, 18.8% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 33.3% of those residents; the other 66.7% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Live Oak County; across Texas its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From George West to Three Rivers, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Live Oak County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| George West | 2,238 | +3.4% | 18.8% |
| Three Rivers | 1,732 | +17.3% | 14.5% |
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).
Live Oak County, Homes
Homes in Live Oak County
Of Live Oak County's 5,971 homes, 66% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 25% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Texas' 1990: 14% date from before 1960 and 26% from 2000 or later. 73% 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 | Live Oak County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,971 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 66% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 25% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.