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Standard Radon Test short-term mail-in radon test kit
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Method: Passive sampler
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Esmeralda County, Nevada
EPA puts Esmeralda County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
11.1%
Nye County
- Nye
- 11.1%
1 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
11.1%
Nye County, 66 miles
- Nye
- 11.1%
- Nevada
- 22.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 81 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
7.9 pts above Nevada
- Esmeralda
- 100.0%
- Nevada
- 92.1%
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 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Esmeralda 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
Esmeralda County, At a glance
Esmeralda County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Esmeralda County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 87% 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 Esmeralda County. Nye County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 11.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Esmeralda County, Compared
Esmeralda County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Esmeralda County has no radon test figure of its own from CDC, whose counts over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals name 16 other Nevada counties and leave it out. Pooled across 16 Nevada counties, 22.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Nye County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 11.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Lyon County (120 miles away) at 30.4%, Churchill County (130 miles away) at 12.4% and Douglas County (133 miles away) at 37.0% have figures too. Statewide for the same period, Carson City reported the highest share (40.6%) and Clark County the lowest (8.1%).
EPA's 1993 map puts Esmeralda County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 87% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Esmeralda County, State data
Nevada's own radon test data
MeasuredWhat Nevada's own agencies publish about radon tests in Esmeralda County, with their period. These are not CDC's figures and are never added to them.
MeasuredState figures, not CDC's
What the Nevada Radon Education Program reports for the ZIP codes in Esmeralda County
The Nevada Radon Education Program publishes its figures by ZIP code, not by county. These are the 2 ZIP codes that lie wholly or partly in Esmeralda County, each with the state's own figures for it. Period: 1989-2015.
| ZIP code | What the state reports |
|---|---|
| 89047 | average 1.3 pCi/L |
| 89049 | average 2.3 pCi/L |
- NBMG says the results are based on independently tested homes, not scientific sampling.
- The service publishes an average for each ZIP code but no count of tests.
- Site specific testing is the only way to determine local radon concentrations.
- A ZIP code that crosses the county line is listed whole; its figures cover all of it.
Measured: Nevada Radon Education Program data, 1989-2015.
Esmeralda County, Geology
The ground under Esmeralda County
PredictedMost of the ground under Esmeralda County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 87.0% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 13.0% high. The map puts 86.9% of Esmeralda County in the area it calls Great Basin and 13.0% in Great Basin. USGS gives the first a radon index of 11, in the moderate band (9 to 11), and the second 12, in the high band (12 to 17).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Basin | Sandstone, shale, limestone, mafic volcanic rocks. | Moderate | 11 | 86.9% |
| Great Basin | Tertiary volcanic rocks (silicic ash-flow tuffs, rhyolitic flows, and shallow intrusives). | High | 12 | 13.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Esmeralda County beside the ground around it
On high-potential ground Esmeralda County is close to Nevada as a whole: 13.0% of its land against 17.3%. Of the 4 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Nye County the most at 16.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Esmeralda County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Esmeralda County
- Nevada Radon Education ProgramNevada Radon Education Program, run by University Of Nevada, Reno, offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Nevada.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The program offers literature, maps, educational presentations and low-cost radon test kits.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Nevada20 professionals are listed in Nevada.
What Nevada's program says
- chrisk@unr.edu
What it means
Esmeralda County, Questions
Questions about radon in Esmeralda County
Are radon levels high in Esmeralda County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Esmeralda County, Nevada yet. Nye County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 11.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Esmeralda County?
Esmeralda County borders 4 counties: Nye County, NV, Mineral County, NV, Mono County, CA and Inyo County, CA.
Products
Esmeralda County, Products
Testing a home in Esmeralda County
No CDC figure names Esmeralda County; the nearest county with one, Nye County (66 miles away), reported 11.1% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Esmeralda County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1011 rechargeable radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Esmeralda County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Esmeralda County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Mono County, CAEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.6 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in Inyo County, CAEPA zone 2
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.0 pCi/L · 14 tests
- Radon levels in Mineral County, NVEPA zone 1
33.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.5 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Nye County, NVEPA zone 2
11.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 81 tests
Esmeralda County, Residents
Who lives in Esmeralda County
About 729 people live in Esmeralda County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 6 fewer than in 2020 (−0.8%). Spread over its land, that is 0.2 people to the square mile. CDC publishes no radon test count for Esmeralda County; across Nevada its counts for 2008 to 2017 come to 3.3 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Census lists no incorporated place in Esmeralda County: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Esmeralda County, Homes
Homes in Esmeralda County
Mobile homes are 31% of Esmeralda County's 727 homes and detached houses 42%, against 60% across Nevada. Half of its homes were built before 1990, close to Nevada's 1996: 18% date from before 1960 and 31% from 2000 or later. Most occupied homes here are rented: owners live in 48% (Nevada: 59%). A tenant can run a test; a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Esmeralda County | Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 727 | 1,307,338 |
| Detached houses | 42% | 60% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 24% | 22% |
| Mobile homes | 31% | 6% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 5% |
| Built since 2000 | 31% | 40% |
| Middle year built | 1990 | 1996 |
| Owner-occupied | 48% | 59% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.