Radon Mitigation in Falcon, Colorado

Falcon has been one of El Paso County’s fastest-growing corners since the early 1990s, when residential development began transforming the old ranching crossroads northeast of Colorado Springs; the area’s population nearly doubled between 1990 and 2000 and master-planned subdivisions have kept arriving since. New rooftops do not change what is underneath: the same county soils that produce elevated radon everywhere else.

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

Why radon collects under Falcon

Radon originates in the decay of natural uranium in rock and soil, per the Colorado Geological Survey, and the plains east of Colorado Springs are built from sediment eroded off the Front Range, whose Pikes Peak granite the USGS identifies as a source of uranium and its decay products. A brand-new, tightly sealed house can post a higher reading than an older, draftier one next door, because tight envelopes hold soil gas in.

Sources: Colorado Geological Survey , USGS

Local housing and what it means for mitigation

Falcon’s housing skews new: production homes from the 1990s through the 2020s, many two-stories with basements, plus ranch-style builds on larger lots toward Peyton. In newer homes with basements, a single sub-slab suction point with an attic or garage vent run is the common configuration. Buyers of new construction should still test after moving in; a new certificate of occupancy is not a radon result.

Radon help near Falcon