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In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Lincoln County, Nevada
EPA puts Lincoln County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 12 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
39.1%
White Pine County
- White Pine
- 39.1%
- Mohave
- 4.1%
6 of 8 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
11.1%
Nye County, 91 miles
- Nye
- 11.1%
- Nevada
- 22.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 81 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
90.8%
1.3 pts below Nevada
- Lincoln
- 90.8%
- Nevada
- 92.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
14
Too few for a share
- Lincoln
- 14
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 1
Highest potential
- Zone 1
- 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts over 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, At a glance
Lincoln County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Lincoln County in
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 64% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Lincoln County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 12 reported tests for Lincoln County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Lincoln County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 12 tests were reported to CDC for Lincoln 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).
Lincoln County, Compared
Lincoln County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Lincoln County rests on 14 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 7.1 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 11.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: White Pine County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 39.1%, and Mohave County, AZ the smallest, 4.1%, with Iron County, UT at 22.4%, Washington County, UT at 14.8% and Nye County at 11.1% between. Farther out, Churchill County (230 miles away) at 12.4%, Elko County (243 miles away) at 40.3% and Lyon County (253 miles away) at 30.4% have figures too. Pooled across 16 Nevada counties, 22.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
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 Lincoln County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 64% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Lincoln County, State data
Nevada's own radon test data
MeasuredWhat Nevada's own agencies publish about radon tests in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
The Nevada Radon Education Program publishes its figures by ZIP code, not by county. These are the 5 ZIP codes that lie wholly or partly in Lincoln County, each with the state's own figures for it. Period: 1989-2015.
| ZIP code | What the state reports |
|---|---|
| 89001 | average 1.8 pCi/L |
| 89008 | average 5.0 pCi/L |
| 89017 | average 3.4 pCi/L |
| 89042 | average 10.7 pCi/L |
| 89043 | average 2.8 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.
Lincoln County, Geology
The ground under Lincoln County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Lincoln County: 63.7% of its land is moderate radon potential and 27.1% high and 9.2% low. The map puts 63.6% of Lincoln County in the area it calls Great Basin and 27.1% in Great Basin, with one smaller area beside them. 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 | 63.6% |
| Great Basin | Tertiary volcanic rocks composed of silicic ash-flow tuffs, rhyolitic flows, shallow intrusive rocks, andeside, and some tuffaceous sedimentary rocks. | High | 12 | 27.1% |
| Great Basin | Sandstone, shale, limestone, mafic volcanic rocks. | Low | 8 | 9.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lincoln County beside the ground around it
On high-potential ground Lincoln County is close to Nevada as a whole: 27.1% of its land against 17.3%. Of the 8 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Iron County, UT the most at 36.3%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lincoln County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lincoln 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
Lincoln County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lincoln County
Are radon levels high in Lincoln County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 25.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lincoln County, Nevada were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: White Pine County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 39.1%, and Mohave County, AZ the smallest, 4.1%, with Iron County, UT at 22.4%, Washington County, UT at 14.8% and Nye County at 11.1% between.
Which counties border Lincoln County?
Lincoln County borders 8 counties: Nye County, NV, Washington County, UT, Iron County, UT, Beaver County, UT, White Pine County, NV, Clark County, NV, Millard County, UT and Mohave County, AZ.
Products
Lincoln County, Products
Testing a home in Lincoln County
No CDC figure names Lincoln County; the nearest county with one, Nye County (91 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 1 the year-round level in Lincoln County is the one to know: a long-term test (more than 90 days) or a monitor, with a short-term kit for a first answer.
Test kits and monitors3
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Radon Detector (RAB) battery digital radon detector with an alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 12 hours
Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
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In home: 72 to 168 hours
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Lincoln County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lincoln County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Beaver County, UTEPA zone 2
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 99.9 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in White Pine County, NVEPA zone 1
39.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 69 tests
- Radon levels in Iron County, UTEPA zone 2
22.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 107 tests
- Radon levels in Washington County, UTEPA zone 2
14.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 250 tests
- Radon levels in Nye County, NVEPA zone 2
11.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 81 tests
- Radon levels in Millard County, UTEPA zone 2
11.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Clark County, NVEPA zone 3
8.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 2,598 tests
- Radon levels in Mohave County, AZEPA zone 2
4.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 49 tests
Lincoln County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lincoln County
About 4,320 people live in Lincoln County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 115 fewer than in 2020 (−2.6%). Spread over its land, that is 0.4 people to the square mile. Caliente, its one incorporated place, has 943 residents, 21.8% of the total. CDC's 14 reported tests for 2007 to 2016 work out to 3.2 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Nevada's 3.3.
Caliente is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Lincoln County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caliente | 943 | −3.6% | 21.8% |
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).
Lincoln County, Homes
Homes in Lincoln County
Lincoln County is a place of houses on their own lots: 76% of its 2,322 homes are detached single-family houses, against 60% across Nevada. The homes are older than Nevada's as a whole: half were built before 1981 (1996 for Nevada), and 32% date from before 1960. 74% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Nevada: 59%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Lincoln County | Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 2,322 | 1,307,338 |
| Detached houses | 76% | 60% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 22% |
| Mobile homes | 15% | 6% |
| Built before 1960 | 32% | 5% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 40% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1996 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 59% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.