Is Pawnee County, KS a radon risk area?

EPA's own radon map rates Pawnee County zone 1 - highest potential, predicting a county-wide average indoor level above 4 pCi/L. Nationally that's the 72nd percentile for radon potential — Pawnee County outranks 72% of every county EPA has rated.

How Pawnee County compares

About 6,012 people live in Pawnee County, Kansas, spread over 754.263 square miles. Population density there runs about 8 people per square mile. Rank 882 by population within its EPA zone puts Pawnee County at the 17th percentile among zone peers. Pawnee County falls in EPA Radon Region 7, one of 412 counties nationally EPA assigns to that same geologic province.

Zone vs. an actual test

Where the national indoor average runs about 1.3 pCi/L, Pawnee County's Zone 1 rating puts its predicted county average above EPA's 4 pCi/L action level itself. Some Pawnee County homes will test comfortably under the action level despite the county's Zone 1 rating — the only way to know which kind of home you have is an actual test.

Testing and mitigation in Pawnee County

Nothing about Pawnee County's EPA zone changes the mitigation number: $800–$2,500 nationally (around $1,200 typical), set by the house's foundation rather than the county it sits in — and only relevant once a test actually clears 4 pCi/L.

Find Kansas's state radon program

Pawnee County's test kit answers today; a Airthings radon monitor keeps answering for Pawnee County over time. Affiliate link, RadonZoneCheck earns a commission there, at no extra cost to you. RADONZONE-10OFF at checkout knocks 10% off.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to EPA's own Map of Radon Zones and Census data, documented in the methodology guide. The guide to what a radon zone actually means covers why testing matters in every zone, not just Zone 1.