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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Mineral County, Nevada
EPA puts Mineral County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 6 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
30.4%
Lyon County
- Lyon
- 30.4%
- Nye
- 11.1%
3 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
30.4%
Lyon County, 53 miles
- Lyon
- 30.4%
- Nevada
- 22.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 303 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
7.9 pts above Nevada
- Mineral
- 100.0%
- Nevada
- 92.1%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
7
Too few for a share
- Mineral
- 7
- 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 Mineral 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
Mineral County, At a glance
Mineral County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Mineral County in
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 86% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Mineral County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 6 reported tests for Mineral County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Mineral County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Mineral 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).
Mineral County, Compared
Mineral County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Mineral County rests on 7 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 14.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 23.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.5 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Lyon County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 30.4%, and Nye County the smallest, 11.1%, with Churchill County at 12.4% between. Farther out, Douglas County (69 miles away) at 37.0%, Carson City (82 miles away) at 40.6% and Storey County (86 miles away) at 17.6% 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 Mineral County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 86% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Mineral County, State data
Nevada's own radon test data
MeasuredWhat Nevada's own agencies publish about radon tests in Mineral 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 Mineral County
The Nevada Radon Education Program publishes its figures by ZIP code, not by county. These are the 3 ZIP codes that lie wholly or partly in Mineral County, each with the state's own figures for it. Period: 1989-2015.
| ZIP code | What the state reports |
|---|---|
| 89409 | average 1.7 pCi/L |
| 89415 | average 5.0 pCi/L |
| 89427 | average 3.0 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.
Mineral County, Geology
The ground under Mineral County
PredictedMost of the ground under Mineral County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 86.4% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 13.6% high. The map puts 86.4% of Mineral County in the area it calls Great Basin and 13.4% 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 | 86.4% |
| Great Basin | Mesozoic and Cenozoic granitic rocks. | High | 12 | 13.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Mineral County beside the ground around it
On high-potential ground Mineral County is close to Nevada as a whole: 13.6% of its land against 17.3%. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Churchill County the most at 24.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Mineral County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Mineral 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
Mineral County, Questions
Questions about radon in Mineral County
Are radon levels high in Mineral County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 33.3% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Mineral County, Nevada were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.5 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Lyon County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 30.4%, and Nye County the smallest, 11.1%, with Churchill County at 12.4% between.
Which counties border Mineral County?
Mineral County borders 5 counties: Lyon County, NV, Mono County, CA, Churchill County, NV, Esmeralda County, NV and Nye County, NV.
Products
Mineral County, Products
Testing a home in Mineral County
No CDC figure names Mineral County; the nearest county with one, Lyon County (53 miles away), reported 30.4% 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. In Zone 1 the year-round level in Mineral 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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Monitor
RM-63Pro rechargeable radon monitor with a touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
Short-term kitKidde
442020 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 3 days
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Mineral County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Mineral 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 Lyon County, NVEPA zone 1
30.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.6 pCi/L · 303 tests
- Radon levels in Churchill County, NVEPA zone 2
12.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 161 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 Esmeralda County, NVEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Mineral County, Residents
Who lives in Mineral County
About 4,407 people live in Mineral County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 147 fewer than in 2020 (−3.2%). Spread over its land, that is 1.2 people to the square mile. Reported testing is thin here: 7 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 1.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Nevada as a whole comes to 3.3.
Census lists no incorporated place in Mineral County: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Mineral County, Homes
Homes in Mineral County
Of Mineral County's 2,202 homes, 75% are detached houses, against 60% across Nevada; 21% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Nevada's as a whole: half were built before 1973 (1996 for Nevada), and 23% 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 | Mineral County | Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 2,202 | 1,307,338 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 60% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 22% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 6% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 5% |
| Built since 2000 | 6% | 40% |
| Middle year built | 1973 | 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.