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In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Dixie County, Florida
EPA puts Dixie County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 6 radon tests from it are 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
35.2%
Alachua County, 48 miles
- Alachua
- 35.2%
- Florida
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 2,162 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
7.1 pts below Florida
- Dixie
- 0.0%
- Florida
- 7.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
6
Too few for a share
- Dixie
- 6
- 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 Dixie County
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
Dixie County, At a glance
Dixie County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 99% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Dixie County, 2022
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% |
2022: 0.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 0.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Dixie County over 2022, and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the county nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2022. Measured data period: 2005 to 2022 (every CDC figure on file).
Dixie County, Compared
Dixie County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Dixie County rests on 6 tests in 2022, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 16.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.4 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Alachua County (48 miles away) at 35.2%, Columbia County (53 miles away) at 6.7% and Citrus County (66 miles away) at 9.9%. Pooled across 62 Florida counties, 22.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Marion County reported the highest share (42.9%) and St. Lucie County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Dixie County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 99% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Dixie County, Geology
The ground under Dixie County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Dixie County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 98.5% of it lies in the area the map calls Gulf/Atlantic Lowland and Central Highland, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf/Atlantic Lowland and Central Highland | sand, silt, clay, gravel | Low | 6 | 98.5% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Dixie County beside the ground around it
Across Florida 7.1% of the land is rated moderate; none of Dixie County's is. Of the 4 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Levy County the most at 12.3%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Dixie County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Dixie County
- Florida’s Radon ProgramFlorida’s Radon Program, run by Florida Department of Health, licenses or certifies radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Florida.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
Protect your family by requesting a FREE radon test kit.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Florida77 professionals are listed in Florida.
What Florida's program says
- Phone
- 850-245-4288
- PHtoxicology@FLhealth.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
Florida Statutes require the certification of businesses and individuals providing radon services or any other radon related activity.
What it means
Dixie County, Questions
Questions about radon in Dixie County
Are radon levels high in Dixie County?
In 2022, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Dixie County, Florida were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.4 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 85 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 1.1% to 42.9%.
Which counties border Dixie County?
Dixie County borders 4 counties: Gilchrist County, Levy County, Lafayette County and Taylor County.
Products
Dixie County, Products
Testing a home in Dixie County
No CDC figure names Dixie County; the nearest county with one, Alachua County (48 miles away), reported 35.2% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 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 Dixie County.
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
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Dixie County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Dixie County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Levy CountyEPA zone 3
13.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 23 tests
- Radon levels in Gilchrist CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in Taylor CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Lafayette CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Dixie County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Dixie County
Dixie County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 18,038 residents on July 1, 2025, up 8.0% from 16,697 in 2020. That works out to 26 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Cross City, the largest, has 1,849 residents, 10.3% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 11.2% of those residents; the other 88.8% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 6 tests over 2022, or 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Florida as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Cross City to Horseshoe Beach, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Dixie County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross City | 1,849 | +8.7% | 10.3% |
| Horseshoe Beach | 165 | Level | 0.9% |
2 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Dixie County, Homes
Homes in Dixie County
Mobile homes are 54% of Dixie County's 9,365 homes and detached houses 43%, against 55% across Florida. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Florida's 1988: 10% date from before 1960 and 19% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 84% of the occupied homes (Florida: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Dixie County | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,365 | 10,082,356 |
| Detached houses | 43% | 55% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 25% |
| Mobile homes | 54% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 10% | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 30% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1988 |
| Owner-occupied | 84% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.