Short-term kitFirst Alert
RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
EPA puts Yakutat City and Borough in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. 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, 311 miles
- Anchorage Municipality
- 3.1%
- Alaska
- 11.5%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 130 tests, 2022
Ground above low
None
79.2 pts below Alaska
- Yakutat City and Borough
- 0.0%
- Alaska
- 79.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Yakutat City and 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
Yakutat City and Borough, At a glance
Yakutat City and Borough at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 98% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Yakutat City and Borough. Anchorage Municipality, 311 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure in 2022.
Yakutat City and Borough, Compared
Yakutat City and Borough radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's county radon counts in 2022 cover 19 Alaska counties, and Yakutat City and Borough is not among them: no year's figure and no ten-year laboratory total names it. Pooled across 19 Alaska counties, 11.5% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 23.9%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Anchorage Municipality (311 miles away) at 3.1%, Matanuska-Susitna Borough (351 miles away) at 14.3% and Fairbanks North Star Borough (395 miles away) at 19.4%. 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 Yakutat City and Borough in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 98% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Yakutat City and Borough, Geology
The ground under Yakutat City and Borough
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Yakutat City and Borough's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 98.0% of it lies in the area the map calls Pacific Border Ranges, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| 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 | 98.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Yakutat City and Borough beside the ground around it
Across Alaska 79.2% of the land is rated moderate; none of Yakutat City and Borough's is. Every one of the 2 boroughs and census areas that border it has more moderate-potential ground, Valdez-Cordova Census Area the most at 50.6%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Yakutat City and Borough, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Yakutat City and 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
Yakutat City and Borough, Questions
Questions about radon in Yakutat City and Borough
Are radon levels high in Yakutat City and Borough?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska yet. Of the 3 nearest counties with a figure, within 395 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 3.1% to 19.4%.
Which counties border Yakutat City and Borough?
Yakutat City and Borough borders 2 boroughs and census areas: Hoonah-Angoon Census Area and Valdez-Cordova Census Area.
Products
Yakutat City and Borough, Products
Testing a home in Yakutat City and Borough
No CDC figure names Yakutat City and Borough; the nearest county with one, Anchorage Municipality (311 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 Yakutat City and Borough.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011S rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 12 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
Best radon monitors for Yakutat City and Borough homes, compared
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Yakutat City and Borough, Bordering boroughs and census areas
Boroughs and census areas bordering Yakutat City and Borough
Calculated by Radon4110.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.4 pCi/L · 1 test
No CDC figure for 2022; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Yakutat City and Borough, Residents
Who lives in Yakutat City and Borough
About 672 people live in Yakutat City and Borough by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 10 fewer than in 2020 (−1.5%). Spread over its land, that is 0.1 people to the square mile. CDC publishes no radon test count for Yakutat City and Borough; across Alaska its counts for 2022 come to 0.4 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Census lists no incorporated place in Yakutat City and Borough: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Yakutat City and Borough, Homes
Homes in Yakutat City and Borough
Yakutat City and Borough is a place of houses on their own lots: 79% of its 391 homes are detached single-family houses, against 63% across Alaska. Half of its homes were built before 1983, close to Alaska's 1985: 8% date from before 1960 and 24% from 2000 or later. 61% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Alaska: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Yakutat City and Borough | Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 391 | 327,610 |
| Detached houses | 79% | 63% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 4% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 8% | 8% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1983 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.