Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
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Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Bath County, Kentucky
EPA puts Bath County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 12 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
53.5%
Bourbon County
- Bourbon
- 53.5%
- Rowan
- 18.9%
4 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
51.4%
Montgomery County, 12 miles
- Montgomery
- 51.4%
- Kentucky
- 43.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 105 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
5.7 pts above Kentucky
- Bath
- 100.0%
- Kentucky
- 94.3%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
12
Too few for a share
- Bath
- 12
- 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 Bath 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
Bath County, At a glance
Bath County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Bath County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 65% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Bath County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 12 reported tests for Bath County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Bath County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 12 tests were reported to CDC for Bath 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).
Bath County, Compared
Bath County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Bath County rests on 12 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 8.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 16.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Bourbon County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 53.5%, and Rowan County the smallest, 18.9%, with Montgomery County at 51.4% and Menifee County at 22.0% between. Farther out, Clark County (25 miles away) at 29.0%, Mason County (31 miles away) at 25.0% and Estill County (33 miles away) at 44.1% have figures too. Pooled across 120 Kentucky counties, 43.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Meade County reported the highest share (68.4%) and Hopkins County the lowest (9.5%). EPA's 1993 map puts Bath County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 65% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Bath County, Geology
The ground under Bath County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Bath County: 64.6% of its land is moderate radon potential and 35.4% high. The map puts 45.8% of Bath County in the area it calls Outer Bluegrass and 35.4% in New Albany-Chattanooga Shale, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 11, in the moderate band (9 to 11), and the second 14, in the high band (12 to 17).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Bluegrass | Ordovician-Devonian limestone and shale. | Moderate | 11 | 45.8% |
| New Albany-Chattanooga Shale | Devonian/Mississippian Black shale. | High | 14 | 35.4% |
| Mississippian Plateau | Mississippian marine limestones, dolomites, marine sandstones, siltstones, and shales. | Moderate | 11 | 18.9% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Bath County beside the ground around it
Bath County has more high-potential ground than Kentucky as a whole: 35.4% of its land against 18.2%. Of the 6 counties that border it, 3 have more high-potential ground, Fleming County the most at 45.0%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Bath County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bath County
- Kentucky's radon programKentucky Board of Radon SafetyKentucky's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Kentucky.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 Kentucky8 professionals are listed in Kentucky.
What Kentucky's program says
- Phone
- 502-782-2782
- Radon@ky.gov
What it means
Bath County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bath County
Are radon levels high in Bath County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 41.7% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Bath County, Kentucky were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Bourbon County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 53.5%, and Rowan County the smallest, 18.9%, with Montgomery County at 51.4% and Menifee County at 22.0% between.
Which counties border Bath County?
Bath County borders 6 counties: Montgomery County, Fleming County, Menifee County, Rowan County, Nicholas County and Bourbon County.
Products
Bath County, Products
Testing a home in Bath County
No CDC figure names Bath County; the nearest county with one, Montgomery County (12 miles away), reported 51.4% 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 Bath 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
MonitorAranet
Radon Plus battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Bath County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bath County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Bourbon CountyEPA zone 1
53.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.8 pCi/L · 127 tests
- Radon levels in Montgomery CountyEPA zone 2
51.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.1 pCi/L · 105 tests
- Radon levels in Fleming CountyEPA zone 2
36.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.9 pCi/L · 22 tests
- Radon levels in Menifee CountyEPA zone 2
22.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 41 tests
- Radon levels in Rowan CountyEPA zone 2
18.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 74 tests
- Radon levels in Nicholas CountyEPA zone 2
10.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 20 tests
Bath County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Bath County
The Census Bureau estimates 13,176 residents in Bath County for July 1, 2025, 461 more than in 2020 (+3.6%). That works out to 47 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Owingsville, the largest, has 1,612 residents, 12.2% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 17.0% of those residents; the other 83.0% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 12 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.9 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Kentucky as a whole comes to 6.3.
From Owingsville to Salt Lick, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Bath County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owingsville | 1,612 | +1.5% | 12.2% |
| Sharpsburg | 369 | +1.7% | 2.8% |
| Salt Lick | 255 | +2.8% | 1.9% |
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).
Bath County, Homes
Homes in Bath County
Of Bath County's 5,479 homes, 62% are detached houses, against 68% across Kentucky; 32% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Kentucky's 1982: 20% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 73% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Kentucky: 68%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Bath County | Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,479 | 2,010,655 |
| Detached houses | 62% | 68% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 32% | 11% |
| Built before 1960 | 20% | 22% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 24% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 68% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.