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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Wilbarger County, Texas
EPA puts Wilbarger 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
7.2%
Denton County, 136 miles
- Denton
- 7.2%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 181 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
27.3 pts below Texas
- Wilbarger
- 0.0%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Wilbarger
- 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 Wilbarger 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
Wilbarger County, At a glance
Wilbarger 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 Wilbarger County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Wilbarger County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 2.6 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Wilbarger County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Wilbarger 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: 2007 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Wilbarger County, Compared
Wilbarger County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Wilbarger 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 2.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.6 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Denton County (136 miles away) at 7.2%, Tarrant County (144 miles away) at 10.6% and Lubbock County (152 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 Wilbarger 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.
Wilbarger County, Geology
The ground under Wilbarger County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Wilbarger County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.5% of it lies in the area the map calls Central Texas, to which USGS gives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Texas | Cretaceous through Quaternary marine sandstone, shale, chalk, limestone, siltstone, clay, and lignite. | Low | 7 | 99.5% |
| Central Oklahoma Plains and Hills | Nonmarine Permian and Tertiary rocks, including shale, sandstone, and conglomerate in the western part, and Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rocks in the eastern part. | Low | 7 | 0.5% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Wilbarger County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Wilbarger 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
Wilbarger County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Wilbarger 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
Wilbarger County, Questions
Questions about radon in Wilbarger County
Are radon levels high in Wilbarger County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Wilbarger County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.6 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 211 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 7.2% to 71.4%.
Which counties border Wilbarger County?
Wilbarger County borders 7 counties: Tillman County, OK, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Jackson County, OK, Foard County, TX, Baylor County, TX and Archer County, TX.
Products
Wilbarger County, Products
Testing a home in Wilbarger County
No CDC figure names Wilbarger County; the nearest county with one, Denton County (136 miles away), reported 7.2% 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 Wilbarger 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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Wilbarger County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Wilbarger County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Wichita County, TXEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Jackson County, OKEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Tillman County, OKEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Hardeman County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Foard County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Baylor County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Archer County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Wilbarger County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Wilbarger County
About 12,481 people live in Wilbarger County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 361 fewer than in 2020 (−2.8%). That works out to 13 people per square mile of land. Vernon, its one incorporated place, has 9,747 residents, 78.1% 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.
Vernon is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Wilbarger County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 9,747 | −3.0% | 78.1% |
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).
Wilbarger County, Homes
Homes in Wilbarger County
Wilbarger County is a place of houses on their own lots: 78% of its 5,848 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 46% date from before 1960. 63% 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 | Wilbarger County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,848 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 78% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 6% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 6% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 46% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 8% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1963 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.