Radon Mitigation in Security-Widefield, Colorado

Security-Widefield grew up in the Fountain Valley south of Colorado Springs as postwar suburbs took shape in the 1950s, housing the families drawn by Fort Carson and the region’s growth. Seventy years on, those established neighborhoods sit over the same soil gas source as the newest subdivision in the county.

No Security-Widefield-specific radon average is published, so the county figure below is the honest baseline. We connect Security-Widefield homeowners with independent, Colorado-licensed contractors for free mitigation quotes.

Why radon collects under Security-Widefield

The Colorado Geological Survey attributes radon to the decay of natural uranium in rock and soil statewide, and the Fountain Creek valley is floored with sediment carried down from the Front Range, whose Pikes Peak granite the USGS identifies as a source of uranium and its decay products. Valley position does not lower the risk; what matters is the soil gas path under each slab.

Sources: Colorado Geological Survey , USGS

Local housing and what it means for mitigation

The housing signature here is the postwar ranch: single-story homes from the 1950s and 1960s, many with basements or crawlspaces, joined by later decades of infill toward Fountain. In older basements, decades of settling leave slab cracks and open joints that get sealed during mitigation, and original sump pits often take a sealed lid as the suction route. Systems on single-story ranches usually route up an exterior wall or through the garage.

Radon help near Security-Widefield