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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Pike County, Indiana
EPA puts Pike County in Zone 2, its middle 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
44.1%
Dubois County
- Dubois
- 44.1%
- Warrick
- 20.9%
5 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
44.1%
Dubois County, 19 miles
- Dubois
- 44.1%
- Indiana
- 38.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 136 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
Level with Indiana
- Pike
- 100.0%
- Indiana
- 100.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
6
Too few for a share
- Pike
- 6
- 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 Pike 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
Pike County, At a glance
Pike County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Pike 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 Pike County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 6 reported tests for Pike County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.6 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Pike County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 6 tests were reported to CDC for Pike 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).
Pike County, Compared
Pike County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Pike County rests on 6 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 16.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 7.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.6 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Dubois County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 44.1%, and Warrick County the smallest, 20.9%, with Gibson County at 43.3%, Knox County at 43.1% and Daviess County at 34.5% between. Farther out, Vanderburgh County (32 miles away) at 24.4%, Posey County (43 miles away) at 35.3% and Greene County (46 miles away) at 32.7% have figures too. Pooled across 92 Indiana counties, 38.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Miami County reported the highest share (63.3%) and Jasper County the lowest (14.1%). EPA's 1993 map puts Pike 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.
Pike County, Geology
The ground under Pike County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pike County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Wabash Lowland, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabash Lowland | Loess, pre-Wisconsinan glacial deposits, Pennsylvanian shale, sandstone, and carbonate bedrock. | Moderate | 10 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Pike County beside the ground around it
Across Indiana 56.6% of the land is rated high; none of Pike County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Daviess County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Pike County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pike County
- Indiana's radon programIndiana Department of HealthIndiana's radon program licenses or certifies radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Indiana.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
To purchase a low-cost radon short term or long term test kit, please visit the American Lung Association
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Indiana17 professionals are listed in Indiana.
What Indiana's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-272-9723
- Licensing of radon professionals
According to the Indiana Radon Rule, 410 IAC 5.1, everyone who is serving Indiana by doing radon testing, analysis and mitigation (radon reduction) in residential structures must be certified by the Indiana State Department of Health.
What it means
Pike County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pike County
Are radon levels high in Pike County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 50.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Pike County, Indiana were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.6 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Dubois County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 44.1%, and Warrick County the smallest, 20.9%, with Gibson County at 43.3%, Knox County at 43.1% and Daviess County at 34.5% between.
Which counties border Pike County?
Pike County borders 5 counties: Gibson County, Knox County, Dubois County, Warrick County and Daviess County.
Products
Pike County, Products
Testing a home in Pike County
No CDC figure names Pike County; the nearest county with one, Dubois County (19 miles away), reported 44.1% 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 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Pike County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Corentium Home 2 battery digital radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Pike County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pike County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Dubois CountyEPA zone 2
44.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.7 pCi/L · 136 tests
- Radon levels in Gibson CountyEPA zone 2
43.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.4 pCi/L · 120 tests
- Radon levels in Knox CountyEPA zone 2
43.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.4 pCi/L · 58 tests
- Radon levels in Daviess CountyEPA zone 2
34.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 58 tests
- Radon levels in Warrick CountyEPA zone 2
20.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 561 tests
Pike County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pike County
About 12,003 people live in Pike County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 243 fewer than in 2020 (−2.0%). That works out to 36 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Petersburg, the largest, has 2,289 residents, 19.1% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 26.6% of those residents; the other 73.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 6 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.5 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Indiana as a whole comes to 6.2.
From Petersburg to Spurgeon, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pike County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petersburg | 2,289 | −0.4% | 19.1% |
| Winslow | 742 | −2.5% | 6.2% |
| Spurgeon | 164 | −2.4% | 1.4% |
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).
Pike County, Homes
Homes in Pike County
Pike County is a place of houses on their own lots: 82% of its 5,592 homes are detached single-family houses, against 73% across Indiana. Half of its homes were built before 1973, close to Indiana's 1976: 38% date from before 1960 and 17% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 85% of the occupied homes (Indiana: 70%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Pike County | Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,592 | 2,953,344 |
| Detached houses | 82% | 73% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 13% |
| Mobile homes | 13% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 38% | 32% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% | 21% |
| Middle year built | 1973 | 1976 |
| Owner-occupied | 85% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.