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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Yoakum County, Texas
EPA puts Yoakum County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 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
13.3%
Lea County
- Lea
- 13.3%
1 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
57.8%
Lubbock County, 66 miles
- Lubbock
- 57.8%
- Texas
- 10.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 128 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
0.2%
27.1 pts below Texas
- Yoakum
- 0.2%
- Texas
- 27.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Yoakum
- 3
- 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 Yoakum 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
Yoakum County, At a glance
Yoakum 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 Yoakum County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Yoakum County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Yoakum County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Yoakum 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).
Yoakum County, Compared
Yoakum County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Yoakum County rests on 3 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 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 2.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
Lea County, NM, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 13.3% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Lubbock County (66 miles away) at 57.8%, Midland County (101 miles away) at 1.0% and Randall County (135 miles away) at 71.4% 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 Yoakum 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.
Yoakum County, Geology
The ground under Yoakum County
PredictedMost of the ground under Yoakum County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 99.8% of its land is low radon potential, with 0.2% moderate. All of it lies in the area the map calls Southern High Plains and Plateaus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern High Plains and Plateaus | Paleozoic and Mesozoic sandstone, limestone, shale. | Low | 7 | 99.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Yoakum County beside the ground around it
Across Texas 0.5% of the land is rated high; none of Yoakum County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Lea County, NM the most at 88.3%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Yoakum County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Yoakum 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
Yoakum County, Questions
Questions about radon in Yoakum County
Are radon levels high in Yoakum County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Yoakum County, Texas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Lea County, NM, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 13.3% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Yoakum County?
Yoakum County borders 5 counties: Gaines County, TX, Terry County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Lea County, NM and Hockley County, TX.
Products
Yoakum County, Products
Testing a home in Yoakum County
No CDC figure names Yoakum County; the nearest county with one, Lubbock County (66 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 Yoakum County.
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Yoakum County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Yoakum County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Lea County, NMEPA zone 2
13.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 30 tests
- Radon levels in Hockley County, TXEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Gaines County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Terry County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Cochran County, TXEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Yoakum County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Yoakum County
About 7,438 people live in Yoakum County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 234 fewer than in 2020 (−3.1%). Spread over its land, that is 9.3 people to the square mile. Denver City, the largest place on its list (4,311 residents in all), extends beyond Yoakum County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Testing is reported here more often than across the state: CDC's 3 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 come to 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), against 0.1 for Texas.
From Denver City to Plains, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Yoakum County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Cityextends beyond Yoakum County | 4,311 | −3.3% | Counted whole |
| Plains | 1,323 | −2.1% | 17.8% |
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 Yoakum County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Yoakum County, Homes
Homes in Yoakum County
Yoakum County is a place of houses on their own lots: 79% of its 3,015 homes are detached single-family houses, against 65% across Texas. The homes are older than Texas' as a whole: half were built before 1975 (1990 for Texas), and 29% date from before 1960. Owners live in 75% of the occupied homes (Texas: 63%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Yoakum County | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,015 | 11,890,808 |
| Detached houses | 79% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 21% |
| Mobile homes | 18% | 7% |
| Built before 1960 | 29% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 11% | 37% |
| Middle year built | 1975 | 1990 |
| Owner-occupied | 75% | 63% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.