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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Neosho County, Kansas
EPA puts Neosho County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 5 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2022). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
26.0%
Crawford County
- Crawford
- 26.0%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2019
Nearest county
26.0%
Crawford County, 25 miles
- Crawford
- 26.0%
- Kansas
- 33.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 50 tests, 2019
Ground above low
100.0%
Level with Kansas
- Neosho
- 100.0%
- Kansas
- 100.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
22
Too few for a share
- Neosho
- 22
- Needed
- 30
2016
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 Neosho 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
Neosho County, At a glance
Neosho County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Neosho 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 Neosho County, 2022
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 27.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0% |
| 2018 | 27.3% |
| 2019 | 41.7% |
| 2020 | 37.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 20.0% |
2022: 20.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 41.7%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Neosho County over 2022, 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: 2022. Measured data period: 2016 to 2022 (every CDC figure on file).
Neosho County, Compared
Neosho County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Neosho County rests on 22 tests in 2016, 6 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 4.5 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 12.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.9 pCi/L.
Crawford County, the one bordering county with a figure in 2019, reported 26.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Franklin County (69 miles away) at 21.2%, Miami County (74 miles away) at 35.0% and Lyon County (77 miles away) at 38.0% have figures too. Pooled across 102 Kansas counties, 33.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 29.0%.
Statewide for the same period, Jewell County reported the highest share (71.9%) and Reno County the lowest (20.8%). EPA's 1993 map puts Neosho 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.
Neosho County, Geology
The ground under Neosho County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Neosho County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Glaciated Area, to which USGS gives a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaciated Area | Glacial till underlain by Pennsylvanian and Permian marine and nonmarine sedimentary shale, sandstone, limestone, coal. | Moderate | 9 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Neosho County beside the ground around it
Across Kansas 59.9% of the land is rated high; none of Neosho County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Allen County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Neosho County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Neosho County
- Kansas Radon ProgramKansas Radon Program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Kansas.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 Kansas178 professionals are listed in Kansas.
What Kansas's program says
- Phone
- (800) 693-5343
What it means
Neosho County, Questions
Questions about radon in Neosho County
Are radon levels high in Neosho County?
In 2022, 20.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Neosho County, Kansas were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.0 pCi/L. Crawford County, the one bordering county with a figure in 2019, reported 26.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Neosho County?
Neosho County borders 7 counties: Wilson County, Crawford County, Labette County, Allen County, Woodson County, Montgomery County and Bourbon County.
Products
Neosho County, Products
Testing a home in Neosho County
No CDC figure names Neosho County; the nearest county with one, Crawford County (25 miles away), reported 26.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L in 2019, 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 Neosho 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
RadonEye RD200 plug-in continuous radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Plug-in
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
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First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Neosho County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Neosho County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Bourbon CountyEPA zone 2
47.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.5 pCi/L · 21 tests
- Radon levels in Crawford CountyEPA zone 2
26.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 50 tests
- Radon levels in Allen CountyEPA zone 2
14.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Labette CountyEPA zone 2
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 16 tests
- Radon levels in Woodson CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Montgomery CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Wilson CountyEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2019; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Neosho County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Neosho County
About 15,637 people live in Neosho County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 279 fewer than in 2020 (−1.8%). That works out to 27 people per square mile of land. Chanute alone is home to 8,584 of them, 54.9% of the total. Together its 7 incorporated places hold 70.0% of those residents; the other 30.0% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 22 tests over 2016, or 1.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Kansas as a whole comes to 5.8.
From Chanute to Earlton, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Neosho County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chanute | 8,584 | −1.8% | 54.9% |
| Erie | 1,034 | −1.6% | 6.6% |
| St. Paul | 626 | +1.5% | 4.0% |
| Thayer | 427 | −2.3% | 2.7% |
| Galesburg | 143 | −2.1% | 0.9% |
| Stark | 68 | −1.4% | 0.4% |
| Earlton | 60 | +1.7% | 0.4% |
7 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).
Neosho County, Homes
Homes in Neosho County
Neosho County is a place of houses on their own lots: 84% of its 7,227 homes are detached single-family houses, against 72% across Kansas. The homes are older than Kansas' as a whole: half were built before 1960 (1975 for Kansas), and 50% date from before 1960. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Kansas: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Neosho County | Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,227 | 1,285,221 |
| Detached houses | 84% | 72% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 13% |
| Mobile homes | 7% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 50% | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% | 20% |
| Middle year built | 1960 | 1975 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.