Township, Boone County, Illinois
Radon Testing in Boone Township, IL
Updated
IEMA does not have enough recorded radon tests in Boone Township to break out separately yet. Boone County, Illinois as a whole sits in the EPA's Radon Zone 1, its highest-potential category, so testing is worth doing regardless.
Boone Township sits in northeastern Boone County and is in North Boone Community Unit School District 200. It has an estimated 2,108 residents and 692 housing units across 23.9 square miles.
The ground under Boone Township
East of Winnebago County, Boone County shares the same underlying bedrock: Ordovician and Silurian dolomite and limestone, buried under glacial till left by the last Ice Age. That geology puts Boone County in the EPA's Radon Zone 1 too, the agency's highest-potential classification.
Housing in Boone Township
Boone Township has an estimated population of 2,108 and 692 housing units across 23.9 square miles. Density comes out to about 88 people per square mile, more settled than the county's most rural townships. The Census Bureau doesn't separately publish a detailed housing-age or tenure breakdown at this population size, so Boone County's own numbers, on the other Boone County pages on this site, are the closest real context for Boone Township specifically, not a figure unique to it.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter) and 2024 TIGER/Line county subdivision and place boundaries.
What we do in Boone Township
Radon testing, Buying or selling a home, and New construction.
Common questions
Is radon a problem in Boone Township?
Boone County sits in EPA Radon Zone 1, the highest-potential category, so yes, testing is worth doing regardless of the specific house.
We're closing on a house in Boone Township soon. Is there time to test?
In most cases, yes. Scheduled early in the inspection period, a short-term test (a few days to about a week) has time to come back before you need to decide anything. Details on our <a href="/real-estate-radon-testing">real estate radon testing</a> page.
Nearby
Caledonia (47.7% of tests at 4+ pCi/L), Timberlane, Poplar Grove (58.1% of tests at 4+ pCi/L).
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