Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Okeechobee County, Florida
EPA puts Okeechobee County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2018). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
28.4%
Polk County
- Polk
- 28.4%
- St. Lucie
- 0.0%
6 of 9 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
0.0%
St. Lucie County, 26 miles
- St. Lucie
- 0.0%
- Florida
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 46 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
7.1 pts below Florida
- Okeechobee
- 0.0%
- Florida
- 7.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Okeechobee
- 4
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee County, At a glance
Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County, 2018
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% |
2018: 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 1 test was reported to CDC for Okeechobee County over 2018, 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: 2018. Measured data period: 2005 to 2018 (every CDC figure on file).
Okeechobee County, Compared
Okeechobee County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Okeechobee County rests on 4 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 25.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.3 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Polk County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 28.4%, and St. Lucie County the smallest, 0.0%, with Martin County at 10.7%, Palm Beach County at 7.8% and Indian River County at 2.5% between. Farther out, DeSoto County (58 miles away) at 4.4% and Brevard County (63 miles away) at 2.6% 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 Okeechobee 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.
Okeechobee County, Geology
The ground under Okeechobee County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Okeechobee 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.
Okeechobee County beside the ground around it
Across Florida 7.1% of the land is rated moderate; none of Okeechobee County's is. Of the 9 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Polk County the most at 33.7%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Okeechobee County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee County, Questions
Questions about radon in Okeechobee County
Are radon levels high in Okeechobee County?
In 2018, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Okeechobee County, Florida were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Polk County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 28.4%, and St. Lucie County the smallest, 0.0%, with Martin County at 10.7%, Palm Beach County at 7.8% and Indian River County at 2.5% between.
Which counties border Okeechobee County?
Okeechobee County borders 9 counties: St. Lucie County, Highlands County, Martin County, Indian River County, Glades County, Palm Beach County, Osceola County, Hendry County and Polk County.
Products
Okeechobee County, Products
Testing a home in Okeechobee County
No CDC figure names Okeechobee County; the nearest county with one, St. Lucie County (26 miles away), reported 0.0% 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 Okeechobee 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
Monitor
RadonPro Wi-Fi radon monitor with a built-in Geiger counter
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi
- Alarm
- Screen, app
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Okeechobee County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Okeechobee County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Polk CountyEPA zone 2
28.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 617 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 Indian River CountyEPA zone 3
2.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 157 tests
- Radon levels in Osceola CountyEPA zone 3
0.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 240 tests
- Radon levels in St. Lucie CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 46 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 Glades CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
Okeechobee County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Okeechobee County
Okeechobee County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 42,608 residents on July 1, 2025, up 7.4% from 39,662 in 2020. That works out to 55 people per square mile of land. Okeechobee, its one incorporated place, has 5,811 residents, 13.6% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 4 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Florida as a whole comes to 1.4.
Okeechobee is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Okeechobee County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeechobee | 5,811 | +10.6% | 13.6% |
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).
Okeechobee County, Homes
Homes in Okeechobee County
Mobile homes are 40% of Okeechobee County's 18,532 homes and detached houses 52%, against 55% across Florida. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Florida's 1988: 4% date from before 1960 and 24% from 2000 or later. 75% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Florida: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Okeechobee County | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 18,532 | 10,082,356 |
| Detached houses | 52% | 55% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 25% |
| Mobile homes | 40% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 4% | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 30% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1988 |
| Owner-occupied | 75% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.