Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Haines Borough, Alaska
EPA puts Haines Borough in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2022). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
3.1%
Anchorage Municipality, 489 miles
- Anchorage Municipality
- 3.1%
- Alaska
- 11.5%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 130 tests, 2022
Ground above low
38.2%
41.0 pts below Alaska
- Haines Borough
- 38.2%
- Alaska
- 79.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Haines Borough
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2022
EPA radon zone
Zone 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Haines Borough
Starts at EPA's action level
EPA’s own thresholds; the figures are the area’s, never this home’s.
EPA’s reading of 4.0 pCi/L
At or above 4 pCi/L
- Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
- 2 to 4consider a fix
- 4 and aboveEPA says fix it
This result is at or above 4 pCi/L. EPA recommends fixing a home when the radon level is 4 pCi/L or higher.
The data
Haines Borough, At a glance
Haines Borough at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 60% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Haines Borough, 2022
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% |
2022: 100.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 100.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Haines Borough over 2022, and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the borough or census area nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2022. Measured data period: 2019 to 2022 (every CDC figure on file).
Haines Borough, Compared
Haines Borough radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Haines Borough rests on 1 test in 2022, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 19.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 19.7 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Anchorage Municipality (489 miles away) at 3.1%, Matanuska-Susitna Borough (525 miles away) at 14.3% and Fairbanks North Star Borough (533 miles away) at 19.4%. Pooled across 19 Alaska counties, 11.5% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 23.9%.
Statewide for the same period, Fairbanks North Star Borough reported the highest share (19.4%) and Anchorage Municipality the lowest (3.1%). EPA's 1993 map puts Haines Borough in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 60% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Haines Borough, Geology
The ground under Haines Borough
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Haines Borough: 60.0% of its land is low radon potential and 38.2% moderate. The map puts 60.0% of Haines Borough in the area it calls Pacific Border Ranges and 38.2% in Coast Mountains. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Border Ranges | Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary and metamorphic rocks with some mafic volcanic and intrusive rocks. | Low | 7 | 60.0% |
| Coast Mountains | Ultramafic through felsic intrusives, Mesozoic mafic volcanic rocks, Mesozoic and Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, schist, gneiss, marble, amphibolite, pelite. | Moderate | 9 | 38.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Haines Borough beside the ground around it
Alaska as a whole has more moderate-potential ground than Haines Borough: 79.2% of its land, against 38.2% here. Of the 3 boroughs and census areas that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Skagway Municipality the most at 99.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Haines Borough, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Haines Borough
- Alaska's radon programAlaska Division of Geological & Geophysical SurveysAlaska's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Alaska.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Alaska directoryNo professionals are listed in Alaska yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Alaska's program says
- Phone
- 907-269-6401
- paul.goodfellow@alaska.gov
What it means
Haines Borough, Questions
Questions about radon in Haines Borough
Are radon levels high in Haines Borough?
In 2022, 100.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Haines Borough, Alaska were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 19.7 pCi/L. Of the 3 nearest counties with a figure, within 533 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 3.1% to 19.4%.
Which counties border Haines Borough?
Haines Borough borders 3 boroughs and census areas: Skagway Municipality, Juneau City and Borough and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area.
Products
Haines Borough, Products
Testing a home in Haines Borough
No CDC figure names Haines Borough; the nearest county with one, Anchorage Municipality (489 miles away), reported 3.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L in 2022, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. Zone 3 is the lowest label, yet homes at or above 4 pCi/L occur in every zone: a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Haines Borough.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-SR battery digital radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Haines Borough, Bordering boroughs and census areas
Boroughs and census areas bordering Haines Borough
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Skagway MunicipalityEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Juneau City and BoroughEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 8 tests
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.4 pCi/L · 1 test
Haines Borough, Residents
Who lives in Haines Borough
About 2,068 people live in Haines Borough by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 21 fewer than in 2020 (−1.0%). Spread over its land, that is 0.9 people to the square mile. CDC's 1 reported test for 2022 work out to 0.5 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Alaska's 0.4.
Census lists no incorporated place in Haines Borough: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Haines Borough, Homes
Homes in Haines Borough
Haines Borough is a place of houses on their own lots: 80% of its 1,401 homes are detached single-family houses, against 63% across Alaska. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Alaska's 1985: 14% date from before 1960 and 31% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 76% of the occupied homes (Alaska: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Haines Borough | Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,401 | 327,610 |
| Detached houses | 80% | 63% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 7% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 8% |
| Built since 2000 | 31% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 76% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.