Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Scurry County, Texas
EPA puts Scurry County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
57.8%
Lubbock County, 79 miles
- Lubbock
- 57.8%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 128 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
36.7%
9.4 pts above Texas
- Scurry
- 36.7%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Scurry
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
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 Scurry 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
Scurry County, At a glance
Scurry County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 63% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Scurry County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Scurry County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 11.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Scurry County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Scurry 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).
Scurry County, Compared
Scurry County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Scurry 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 11.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 11.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Lubbock County (79 miles away) at 57.8%, Midland County (89 miles away) at 1.0% and Randall County (163 miles away) at 71.4%. 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 Scurry County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 63% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Scurry County, Geology
The ground under Scurry County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Scurry County: 63.3% of its land is low radon potential and 36.7% moderate. The map puts 63.3% of Scurry County in the area it calls Central Texas and 36.7% in Northern High Plains and Plateaus. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 63.3% |
| Northern High Plains and Plateaus | Tertiary sandstone, siltstone, shale. | Moderate | 10 | 36.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Scurry County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Scurry County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 4 have more moderate-potential ground, Garza County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Scurry County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Scurry 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
Scurry County, Questions
Questions about radon in Scurry County
Are radon levels high in Scurry County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 100.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Scurry County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 11.1 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 234 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Scurry County?
Scurry County borders 6 counties: Fisher County, Borden County, Mitchell County, Kent County, Garza County and Nolan County.
Products
Scurry County, Products
Testing a home in Scurry County
No CDC figure names Scurry County; the nearest county with one, Lubbock County (79 miles away), reported 57.8% 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 Scurry 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
Monitor
Wave Radon battery smart radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Scurry County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Scurry County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Nolan CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Fisher CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Borden CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Mitchell CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Kent CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Garza CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Scurry County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Scurry County
About 16,162 people live in Scurry County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 754 fewer than in 2020 (−4.5%). That works out to 18 people per square mile of land. Snyder, its one incorporated place, has 11,166 residents, 69.1% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Texas as a whole comes to 0.1.
Snyder is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Scurry County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snyder | 11,166 | −2.1% | 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).
Scurry County, Homes
Homes in Scurry County
Scurry County is a place of houses on their own lots: 82% of its 6,896 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1968 (1990 for Texas), and 36% 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 | Scurry County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,896 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 82% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 6% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 36% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 10% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1968 | 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.