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Radon Levels in Suwannee County, Florida
EPA puts Suwannee County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 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
Highest bordering
6.7%
Columbia County
- Columbia
- 6.7%
1 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
6.7%
Columbia County, 22 miles
- Columbia
- 6.7%
- Florida
- 22.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 30 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
None
7.1 pts below Florida
- Suwannee
- 0.0%
- Florida
- 7.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
21
Too few for a share
- Suwannee
- 21
- 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 Suwannee 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
Suwannee County, At a glance
Suwannee 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 Suwannee County, 2022
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 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 3 tests were reported to CDC for Suwannee 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).
Suwannee County, Compared
Suwannee County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Suwannee County rests on 21 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 4.8 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
Columbia County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 6.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Alachua County (52 miles away) at 35.2%, Jefferson County (57 miles away) at 6.1% and Nassau County (77 miles away) at 2.0% 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 Suwannee 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.
Suwannee County, Geology
The ground under Suwannee County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Suwannee County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.2% 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 | 99.2% |
| Northern Highland | Sand, silt, clay, gravel | Low | 6 | 0.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Suwannee County beside the ground around it
Across Florida 7.1% of the land is rated moderate; none of Suwannee County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Columbia County the most at 22.7%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Suwannee County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Suwannee 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
Suwannee County, Questions
Questions about radon in Suwannee County
Are radon levels high in Suwannee County?
In 2022, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Suwannee County, Florida were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.2 pCi/L. Columbia County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 6.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Suwannee County?
Suwannee County borders 5 counties: Lafayette County, Hamilton County, Columbia County, Gilchrist County and Madison County.
Products
Suwannee County, Products
Testing a home in Suwannee County
No CDC figure names Suwannee County; the nearest county with one, Columbia County (22 miles away), reported 6.7% 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 Suwannee County.
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Suwannee County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Suwannee County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Madison CountyEPA zone 3
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Columbia CountyEPA zone 2
6.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 30 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 Lafayette CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Hamilton CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Suwannee County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Suwannee County
Suwannee County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 48,149 residents on July 1, 2025, up 10.6% from 43,518 in 2020. That works out to 70 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Live Oak, the largest, has 7,248 residents, 15.1% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 16.7% of those residents; the other 83.3% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 21 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Florida as a whole comes to 2.3.
From Live Oak to Branford, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Suwannee County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak | 7,248 | +7.4% | 15.1% |
| Branford | 780 | +9.1% | 1.6% |
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).
Suwannee County, Homes
Homes in Suwannee County
Mobile homes are 50% of Suwannee County's 19,063 homes and detached houses 45%, against 55% across Florida. Half of its homes were built before 1991, close to Florida's 1988: 11% date from before 1960 and 26% 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 | Suwannee County | Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 19,063 | 10,082,356 |
| Detached houses | 45% | 55% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 25% |
| Mobile homes | 50% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 11% | 10% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 30% |
| Middle year built | 1991 | 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.