Radon in South Dakota

About 6 in 10 homes tested in South Dakota were at or above the EPA action level of 4 pCi/L.

4,760 homes tested, 2008–2017
  • Below 2 pCi/L: 24%
  • 2 to 4 pCi/L: 18%
  • 4 pCi/L or more: 59%
The line marks the EPA action level, 4 pCi/L.

The EPA puts 48 of South Dakota's 66 counties in Zone 1, its highest radon category, 18 in Zone 2 and 0 in Zone 3.

Every county in South Dakota

Sorted by the share of homes tested at or above 4 pCi/L. Select a county for local details and costs.

CountyHomes testedAt or above 4MedianEPA zone
Faulk County1 tests––1
Harding County1 tests––2
Lyman County2 tests––1
Sully County1 tests––1
Todd County1 tests––2
Ziebach County1 tests––2
Hand County8 tests––1
Marshall County6 tests––1
Haakon County3 tests––2
Clark County6 tests––1
Hamlin County11 tests––1
Perkins County8 tests––1
Deuel County14 tests––1
Lake County
76%8.5 pCi/L1
Jones County4 tests––2
Bon Homme County
74%7.2 pCi/L1
Yankton County
73%6.3 pCi/L1
Sanborn County5 tests––1
Brown County
71%5.9 pCi/L1
Hughes County
70%5.7 pCi/L1
Moody County15 tests––1
Jerauld County17 tests––1
Brookings County
69%6.6 pCi/L1
Kingsbury County
68%7.4 pCi/L1
Brule County
68%6.4 pCi/L1
Edmunds County10 tests––1
Gregory County11 tests––2
Hutchinson County
67%5.8 pCi/L1
Stanley County3 tests––1
Custer County
66%6.2 pCi/L2
Codington County
65%5.8 pCi/L1
Fall River County15 tests––2
Charles Mix County18 tests––1
Beadle County
59%4.8 pCi/L1
Turner County
59%4.8 pCi/L1
Minnehaha County
59%4.8 pCi/L1
Butte County16 tests––2
McPherson County8 tests––1
Hyde County4 tests––1
Lawrence County
57%5.3 pCi/L2
Lincoln County
57%4.7 pCi/L1
Tripp County8 tests––2
Walworth County15 tests––1
Grant County
55%5.0 pCi/L1
Day County8 tests––1
Pennington County
54%4.3 pCi/L2
Clay County
52%4.2 pCi/L1
Meade County
52%4.1 pCi/L2
Union County
51%4.1 pCi/L1
McCook County
50%3.9 pCi/L1
Miner County4 tests––1
Spink County15 tests––1
Davison County
49%3.8 pCi/L1
Roberts County19 tests––1
Aurora County12 tests––1
Bennett County2 tests––2
Campbell County3 tests––1
Hanson County6 tests––1
Dewey County1 tests––2
Douglas County2 tests––1
Jackson County1 tests––2
Potter County1 tests––1
Buffalo CountyNo data––1
Corson CountyNo data––1
Mellette CountyNo data––2
Oglala Lakota CountyNo data––2

"–" means fewer than 20 tests or no lab data, too few for a reliable figure.

Sources

Last updated October 2026. How we calculate these numbers.