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Radon Levels in Dickenson County, Virginia
EPA puts Dickenson County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 10 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
68.5%
Russell County
- Russell
- 68.5%
- Pike
- 18.8%
3 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
20.4%
Wise County, 18 miles
- Wise
- 20.4%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 49 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
100.0%
22.1 pts above Virginia
- Dickenson
- 100.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
10
Too few for a share
- Dickenson
- 10
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
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 Dickenson 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
Dickenson County, At a glance
Dickenson County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Dickenson County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Dickenson County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 10 reported tests for Dickenson County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.4 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Dickenson County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 10 tests were reported to CDC for Dickenson 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).
Dickenson County, Compared
Dickenson County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Dickenson County rests on 10 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 4 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 10.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 13.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.4 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Russell County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 68.5%, and Pike County, KY the smallest, 18.8%, with Wise County at 20.4% between. Farther out, Scott County (32 miles away) at 44.1%, Washington County (35 miles away) at 55.6% and Bristol city (37 miles away) at 40.2% have figures too. Pooled across 132 Virginia counties, 30.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Russell County reported the highest share (68.5%) and Norfolk city the lowest (5.3%). EPA's 1993 map puts Dickenson County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Dickenson County, Geology
The ground under Dickenson County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Dickenson County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Appalachian Plateau, to which USGS gives a radon index of 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Plateau | Pennsylvanian sandstone, shale, and coal. | Moderate | 10 | 99.9% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Dickenson County beside the ground around it
Across Virginia 47.9% of the land is rated high; none of Dickenson County's is. Of the 4 counties that border it, 3 have more high-potential ground, Russell County the most at 84.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Dickenson County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Dickenson County
- VDH Radon ProgramVDH Radon Program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Virginia.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Virginia2 professionals are listed in Virginia.
What Virginia's program says
- Phone
- (804) 864-8161
- Radon@vdh.virginia.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
The Code of Virginia requires that Radon testers and mitigators be currently certified by either the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) or the National Radon Safety Board (NRSB).
What it means
Dickenson County, Questions
Questions about radon in Dickenson County
Are radon levels high in Dickenson County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 40.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Dickenson County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.4 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Russell County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 68.5%, and Pike County, KY the smallest, 18.8%, with Wise County at 20.4% between.
Which counties border Dickenson County?
Dickenson County borders 4 counties: Wise County, VA, Buchanan County, VA, Pike County, KY and Russell County, VA.
Products
Dickenson County, Products
Testing a home in Dickenson County
No CDC figure names Dickenson County; the nearest county with one, Wise County (18 miles away), reported 20.4% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 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 Dickenson County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Dickenson County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Dickenson County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Russell County, VAEPA zone 1
68.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 6.7 pCi/L · 54 tests
- Radon levels in Buchanan County, VAEPA zone 2
28.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 21 tests
- Radon levels in Wise County, VAEPA zone 2
20.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 49 tests
- Radon levels in Pike County, KYEPA zone 2
18.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 85 tests
Dickenson County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Dickenson County
Dickenson County has been losing residents: from 14,075 in 2020 to 13,236 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.0% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 40 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Clintwood, the largest, has 1,297 residents, 9.8% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 15.1% of those residents; the other 84.9% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 10 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.8 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 6.0.
From Clintwood to Clinchco, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Dickenson County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clintwood | 1,297 | −5.9% | 9.8% |
| Haysi | 472 | −2.7% | 3.6% |
| Clinchco | 227 | −6.6% | 1.7% |
3 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).
Dickenson County, Homes
Homes in Dickenson County
Of Dickenson County's 7,352 homes, 68% are detached houses, against 61% across Virginia; 28% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1981, close to Virginia's 1984: 22% date from before 1960 and 18% from 2000 or later. 75% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Virginia: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Dickenson County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,352 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 68% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 28% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1984 |
| 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.