Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
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Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Glades County, Florida
EPA puts Glades County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
25.3%
Charlotte County
- Charlotte
- 25.3%
- DeSoto
- 4.4%
5 of 8 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
4.4%
DeSoto County, 41 miles
- DeSoto
- 4.4%
- Florida
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 45 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
7.1 pts below Florida
- Glades
- 0.0%
- Florida
- 7.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Glades
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
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 Glades 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
Glades County, At a glance
Glades County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Glades County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Glades County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Glades County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Glades County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), 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: 2008 to 2017, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Glades County, Compared
Glades County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Glades County rests on 3 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.7 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Charlotte County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 25.3%, and DeSoto County the smallest, 4.4%, with Lee County at 25.1%, Martin County at 10.7% and Palm Beach County at 7.8% between. Farther out, St. Lucie County (53 miles away) at 0.0%, Collier County (59 miles away) at 25.9% and Indian River County (62 miles away) at 2.5% have figures too. 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 Glades County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Glades County, Geology
The ground under Glades County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Glades County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Glades County beside the ground around it
Across Florida 7.1% of the land is rated moderate; none of Glades County's is. None of the 8 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Glades County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Glades 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
Glades County, Questions
Questions about radon in Glades County
Are radon levels high in Glades County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Glades County, Florida were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.7 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Charlotte County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 25.3%, and DeSoto County the smallest, 4.4%, with Lee County at 25.1%, Martin County at 10.7% and Palm Beach County at 7.8% between.
Which counties border Glades County?
Glades County borders 8 counties: Highlands County, Hendry County, Okeechobee County, DeSoto County, Charlotte County, Lee County, Martin County and Palm Beach County.
Products
Glades County, Products
Testing a home in Glades County
No CDC figure names Glades County; the nearest county with one, DeSoto County (41 miles away), reported 4.4% 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 Glades County.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
MonitorAranet
Radon Plus battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Glades County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Glades County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Charlotte CountyEPA zone 3
25.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 162 tests
- Radon levels in Lee CountyEPA zone 3
25.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 11,873 tests
- Radon levels in Martin CountyEPA zone 3
10.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 196 tests
- Radon levels in Palm Beach CountyEPA zone 3
7.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 994 tests
- Radon levels in Hendry CountyEPA zone 3
7.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 14 tests
- Radon levels in DeSoto CountyEPA zone 3
4.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 45 tests
- Radon levels in Highlands CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 25 tests
- Radon levels in Okeechobee CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 3 tests
Glades County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Glades County
Glades County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 13,270 residents on July 1, 2025, up 9.9% from 12,079 in 2020. That works out to 16 people per square mile of land. Moore Haven, its one incorporated place, has 1,745 residents, 13.1% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Florida as a whole comes to 2.3.
Moore Haven is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Glades County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Haven | 1,745 | +10.7% | 13.1% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Glades County, Homes
Homes in Glades County
Mobile homes are 55% of Glades County's 6,612 homes and detached houses 41%, against 55% across Florida. Half of its homes were built before 1989, close to Florida's 1988: 4% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 80% of the occupied homes (Florida: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Glades County | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,612 | 10,082,356 |
| Detached houses | 41% | 55% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 25% |
| Mobile homes | 55% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 4% | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 30% |
| Middle year built | 1989 | 1988 |
| Owner-occupied | 80% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.