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Radon Levels in Chaffee County, Colorado
In Chaffee County, Colorado, 57.6% of pre-mitigation home radon tests came back at or above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L — based on 1,470 tests collected by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment between 2005 and 2024. The county’s median pre-mitigation reading was 4.9 pCi/L, with a maximum recorded result of 250 pCi/L.
EPA recommends mitigation when long-term indoor radon measures at or above 4 pCi/L. Counties with elevated medians and large test counts — like Chaffee — typically warrant testing during real-estate transactions and seasonal retesting in occupied homes.
Chaffee County by the numbers
Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Pre-mitigation indoor radon tests, 2005–2024.
- Tests above 4 pCi/L
- 57.6%
- Total tests recorded
- 1,470
- Median result
- 4.9 pCi/L
- Maximum recorded
- 250 pCi/L
EPA action level
CDPHE 2005–2024
pre-mitigation
outlier high
How Chaffee compares to Colorado as a whole
Both bars show the percentage of pre-mitigation tests that came back at or above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L.
CDPHE 2005–2024
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Chaffee County radon questions
- What level of radon is dangerous?
- The EPA recommends mitigation at 4 pCi/L or higher. Between 2 and 4 pCi/L, you should consider mitigation — long-term exposure at this range still carries lung-cancer risk. Below 2 pCi/L, the EPA suggests retesting every two years.
- How much does radon mitigation cost in Colorado?
- A standard sub-slab depressurization system in Colorado typically runs $1,200–$2,500, with $1,500 the most common all-in price. That single system reduces indoor radon by 95% or more in the majority of homes. Crawlspace installs cost more ($2,000–$5,000) because the membrane and tie-ins are more involved.
- Why are radon levels elevated in Chaffee County?
- Geology drives most of it. Granitic bedrock and uranium-bearing soils — common across Colorado — release radon as they decay, and Front Range building style (basements, tight envelopes, forced-air systems) concentrates that gas indoors. Higher-elevation counties also tend to have lower atmospheric pressure, which can pull radon up through the foundation more aggressively.