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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Sherman County, Texas
EPA puts Sherman 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.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
20.0%
Potter County, 60 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
- Sherman
- 100.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Sherman
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, 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 Sherman 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
Sherman County, At a glance
Sherman County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Sherman 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 Sherman County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Sherman County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 1.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Sherman County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Sherman 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).
Sherman County, Compared
Sherman County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Sherman County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 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 1.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.3 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Potter County (60 miles away) at 20.0%, Randall County (90 miles away) at 71.4% and Lubbock County (184 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 Sherman 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.
Sherman County, Geology
The ground under Sherman County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Sherman 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.
Sherman County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Sherman County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Cimarron County, OK the most at 21.1%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Sherman County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Sherman 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
Sherman County, Questions
Questions about radon in Sherman County
Are radon levels high in Sherman County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Sherman County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 379 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.0% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Sherman County?
Sherman County borders 7 counties: Moore County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Cimarron County, OK and Hartley County, TX.
Products
Sherman County, Products
Testing a home in Sherman County
No CDC figure names Sherman County; the nearest county with one, Potter County (60 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 Sherman County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
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- Plug-in
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Sherman County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Sherman County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Moore County, TXEPA zone 2
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.7 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Dallam County, TXEPA zone 2
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.2 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 Cimarron County, OKEPA zone 2
66.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Hartley County, TXEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 6.1 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Hutchinson County, TXEPA zone 2
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Hansford County, TXEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Sherman County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Sherman County
Sherman County's population has barely moved since 2020: 2,781 residents on July 1, 2025 against 2,784 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. Spread over its land, that is 3.0 people to the square mile. Stratford alone is home to 1,978 of them, 71.1% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 80.1% of those residents; the other 19.9% live outside any of them. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 1 reported test for 2008 to 2017 come to 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.1 for Texas.
From Stratford to Texhoma, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Sherman County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 1,978 | +1.9% | 71.1% |
| Texhoma | 249 | −3.9% | 9.0% |
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).
Sherman County, Homes
Homes in Sherman County
Sherman County is a place of houses on their own lots: 90% of its 1,117 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1963 (1990 for Texas), and 45% date from before 1960. 74% 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 | Sherman County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,117 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 90% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 5% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 45% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1963 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.