Children are the demographic most susceptible to and affected by lead poisoning. Lead contamination in soil has been recorded as being primarily from lead-based paint, historic leaded gasoline emissions, and from lead point-source emitters. The highest risk of elevated blood lead level (BLL) is correlated with living in an area dominated by pre-1950's housing. From 1976 to 1994, midst the phasing out and removal of lead from gasoline, the blood lead levels of children in the United States decreased from 16 µg/dL to 3.2 µg/dL. There is evidence showing the irreversible effects of intellectual impairment still occur at levels of BLL below 10 µg/dL. In Kansas, Barton and Ellis counties residential soils were sampled, and chemical composition was examined with a handheld XRF and an HR ICP-MS. Particle size and pH were recorded for all samples. The presence or lack of of lead sulfate and lead carbonate was identified using XRD. Chemical tests revealed elevated Zn and As with increasing Pb concentrations. There was weak