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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Ochiltree County, Texas
EPA puts Ochiltree County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are 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, 86 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
- Ochiltree
- 100.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Ochiltree
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2006 to 2015, 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 Ochiltree 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
Ochiltree County, At a glance
Ochiltree County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Ochiltree 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 Ochiltree County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Ochiltree County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 12.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Ochiltree County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Ochiltree 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).
Ochiltree County, Compared
Ochiltree County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Ochiltree County rests on 3 tests over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 15.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 8.7 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Potter County (86 miles away) at 20.0%, Randall County (109 miles away) at 71.4% and Lubbock County (193 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 Ochiltree 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.
Ochiltree County, Geology
The ground under Ochiltree County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Ochiltree 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Ochiltree County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Ochiltree County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Hansford County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Ochiltree County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Ochiltree 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
Ochiltree County, Questions
Questions about radon in Ochiltree County
Are radon levels high in Ochiltree County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 100.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Ochiltree County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 12.1 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 334 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Ochiltree County?
Ochiltree County borders 5 counties: Hansford County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Beaver County, OK and Texas County, OK.
Products
Ochiltree County, Products
Testing a home in Ochiltree County
No CDC figure names Ochiltree County; the nearest county with one, Potter County (86 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 Ochiltree 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
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Ochiltree County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Ochiltree 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 Texas County, OKEPA zone 2
71.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 5.2 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Hansford County, TXEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- 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 Beaver County, OKEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Ochiltree County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Ochiltree County
Ochiltree County has been losing residents: from 9,954 in 2020 to 9,284 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.7% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 10 people per square mile of land. Perryton alone is home to 7,850 of them, 84.6% of the total. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 3 reported tests for 2006 to 2015 come to 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.1 for Texas.
From Perryton to Booker, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Ochiltree County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryton | 7,850 | −6.8% | 84.6% |
| Bookerextends beyond Ochiltree County | 1,379 | −3.1% | Counted whole |
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). A place that extends beyond Ochiltree County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Ochiltree County, Homes
Homes in Ochiltree County
Of Ochiltree County's 4,340 homes, 72% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 15% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1976 (1990 for Texas), and 18% date from before 1960. 69% 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 | Ochiltree County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,340 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 72% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 8% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 15% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1976 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.