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Radon Levels in Upshur County, Texas
EPA puts Upshur County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 6 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
Highest bordering
9.1%
Smith County
- Smith
- 9.1%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
9.1%
Smith County, 31 miles
- Smith
- 9.1%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 33 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Upshur
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
6
Too few for a share
- Upshur
- 6
- 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 Upshur 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
Upshur County, At a glance
Upshur 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
Radon tests reported for Upshur County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 6 reported tests for Upshur County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.9 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Upshur County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Upshur 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).
Upshur County, Compared
Upshur County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Upshur County rests on 6 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 16.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 3.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.9 pCi/L.
Smith County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 9.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Collin County (100 miles away) at 7.7%, Dallas County (107 miles away) at 8.7% and Denton County (130 miles away) at 7.2% have figures too. 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 Upshur 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.
Upshur County, Geology
The ground under Upshur County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Upshur County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls East Texas Province, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Texas Province | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 6 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Upshur County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Upshur 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
Upshur County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Upshur 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
Upshur County, Questions
Questions about radon in Upshur County
Are radon levels high in Upshur County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Upshur County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.9 pCi/L. Smith County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 9.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Upshur County?
Upshur County borders 7 counties: Gregg County, Camp County, Smith County, Wood County, Morris County, Marion County and Harrison County.
Products
Upshur County, Products
Testing a home in Upshur County
No CDC figure names Upshur County; the nearest county with one, Smith County (31 miles away), reported 9.1% 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 Upshur County.
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Upshur County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Upshur County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Smith CountyEPA zone 3
9.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 33 tests
- Radon levels in Gregg CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Morris CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Harrison CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Camp CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Wood CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Marion CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Upshur County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Upshur County
Upshur County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 44,410 residents on July 1, 2025, up 8.2% from 41,044 in 2020. That works out to 76 people per square mile of land. Gladewater, the largest place on its list (6,306 residents in all), extends beyond Upshur County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. CDC's 6 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 work out to 0.1 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Texas' 0.1.
From Gladewater to Warren City, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Upshur County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladewaterextends beyond Upshur County | 6,306 | +2.7% | Counted whole |
| Gilmer | 5,287 | +8.9% | 11.9% |
| Big Sandy | 1,339 | +8.5% | 3.0% |
| Ore City | 1,210 | +8.6% | 2.7% |
| East Mountainextends beyond Upshur County | 972 | +7.4% | Counted whole |
| Clarksville Cityextends beyond Upshur County | 779 | +2.2% | Counted whole |
| Union Grove | 477 | +6.7% | 1.1% |
| Warren Cityextends beyond Upshur County | 321 | Level | Counted whole |
8 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 Upshur County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Upshur County, Homes
Homes in Upshur County
Of Upshur County's 17,444 homes, 73% are detached houses, against 65% across Texas; 20% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Texas' 1990: 15% date from before 1960 and 33% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 79% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Upshur County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 17,444 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 73% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 20% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 33% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 79% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.