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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.
40%+
of El Paso County homes tested from 2005 to 2023 came back above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L
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.
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.
County radon help for Security-Widefield residents
El Paso County Public Health
answers radon questions at (719) 578-3199, option 3, and sells test
kits at the Public Health Laboratory, 1675 W. Garden of the Gods
Road, Colorado Springs.
CDPHE
offers free kits statewide, one per household per year.
Since July 1, 2022, Colorado law has required anyone performing radon
measurement or radon mitigation services for hire to hold a state
license through the
Department of Regulatory Agencies' Division of Professions and Occupations. The requirement was created by
House Bill 21-1195. Before you sign anything, check the license and ask these three
questions. A licensed contractor will welcome all of them.
1 May I see your current Colorado radon license number?
2 Is the person doing the work the licensed individual?
3 Will you retest after installation to confirm the reading dropped?
What it costs, and what happens after you send the form
What does radon mitigation cost in Security-Widefield?
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment publishes a typical range of
approximately $1,300 to $3,000 for a traditional system on an existing
single-family home, as of July 2026
(CDPHE).
Where a home lands depends on foundation zones, vent routing, and fan sizing.
Either way it is a range to plan against, not a quote and not our price. The
cost guide
breaks it down.
How fast will someone get back to me?
Calls and form submissions reach Compass Camper LLC directly. We read the request and pass it
to an independent state-licensed local radon professional, usually within about an hour during
the day. They then contact you to look at the property and quote the work on their own
schedule.
Only the independent state-licensed contractor you are matched with can price your actual
property. Compass Camper LLC does not perform radon work and does not quote it.
Security-Widefield Radon Questions
Our Security-Widefield ranch was built in the 1950s. Is mitigation harder in older homes?
Not harder, just different: more sealing work on aged slabs and sometimes a crawlspace membrane where part of the home never got a slab. Licensed contractors handle both routinely, and the retest after installation proves the fix in your house.
Is radon connected to the other water quality issues this area has dealt with?
No. Radon is a naturally occurring soil gas from uranium decay in the ground, unrelated to any man-made contamination. It enters through foundations as a gas, and mitigation vents it above the roofline.
Is there a radon number just for Security-Widefield?
No primary source publishes one. The county figure is the documented baseline: over 40 percent of El Paso County homes tested from 2005 to 2023 exceeded the EPA action level, per El Paso County Public Health.
We are selling near Fort Carson on PCS orders. Can mitigation happen inside our closing window?
Usually, yes. Transaction testing runs 48 hours and most single-family installs finish in one visit once scheduled. Sellers who test and fix before listing turn radon into a closed item on the disclosure instead of a last-week negotiation.
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