Table 10. Average, median, and range of gamma exposure rates, second quarter 2024, from EcoGamma network.

Station Location

Exposure Rate (µR/hr)

Quarterly Average*

1 SD

Median

Range**

On-site Locations

 

 

Base of Howe8

13.6

0.6

13.6

11.5 – 17.8

Big Lost River Rest Area5

13.9

0.8

14.0

9.4 – 16.0

Rover4

14.8

0.6

14.8

12.6 – 21.6

Sand Dunes Tower

14.0

0.6

14.0

12.1 – 19.7

Boundary Locations

 

 

 

 

Atomic City7

13.6

0.6

13.6

11.3 – 16.9

Howe Met. Tower1

12.8

0.5

12.7

11.1 – 14.9

Monteview2

13.2

0.6

13.2

11.4 – 20.0

Mud Lake / Terreton

13.0

0.5

13.0

10.9 – 17.5

Distant Locations

 

 

 

 

Fort Hall

12.2

0.6

12.2

10.2 – 17.6

Idaho Falls6

14.1

0.6

14.1

12.1 – 18.1

Big Southern Butte3

17.3

1.7

16.6

14.3 – 23.3

*EcoGammas are sensitive electronic devices that can experience intermittent malfunctions and/or interference; this typically results in characteristic positive and/or negative data spikes. These aberrations are removed from the data set based on the judgement of the data analyst.

**The range of background exposure rates from EcoGamma data collected to date is approximately 7 – 34 µR/hr.

1 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 4/20 – 6/30/24.

2 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 5/21 – 6/30/24.

3 No data from the Ecogamma at this location for 4/1 – 4/14/24 and 4/28 – 6/30/24.

4 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 4/26 – 4/27/24, and 6/5 – 6/30/24.

5The EcoGamma at this location was in operation intermittently, producing a comparatively small dataset.

6 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 6/12 – 6/30/24.

7 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 6/26 – 6/30/24.

8 No data from the EcoGamma at this location for 6/5 – 6/30/24.