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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts Morehouse Parish in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 12 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2017). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish, 163 miles
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 2.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 48 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
Level with Louisiana
- Morehouse Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
12
Too few for a share
- Morehouse Parish
- 12
- Needed
- 30
2017
EPA radon zone
Zone 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Morehouse Parish
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
Morehouse Parish, At a glance
Morehouse Parish at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Morehouse Parish, 2017
CDC holds 12 reported tests for Morehouse Parish in 2017, with a median of 0.9 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Morehouse Parish beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 12 tests were reported to CDC for Morehouse Parish over 2017, and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the parish nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Measured data period: 2017.
Morehouse Parish, Compared
Morehouse Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Morehouse Parish rests on 12 tests in 2017, 0 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 1.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.9 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are East Baton Rouge Parish (163 miles away) at 0.0%, Tangipahoa Parish (172 miles away) at 0.0% and Calcasieu Parish (201 miles away) at 0.0%. Pooled across 37 Louisiana counties, 2.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Jefferson Parish reported the highest share (1.5%) and Tangipahoa Parish the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Morehouse Parish in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Morehouse Parish, Geology
The ground under Morehouse Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Morehouse Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 73.9% of Morehouse Parish in the area it calls Floodplain and 26.0% in Old Uplands. USGS gives both a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floodplain | Alluvium, marsh, silt, and clay. | Low | 7 | 73.9% |
| Old Uplands | Clays, silts, sands, and ironstone. | Low | 7 | 26.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Morehouse Parish beside the ground around it
Neither Morehouse Parish nor Louisiana as a whole has any land USGS rates above low potential. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Morehouse Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Morehouse Parish
- Louisiana's radon programLouisiana Department of Environmental QualityLouisiana's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Louisiana.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.
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- See the Louisiana directoryNo professionals are listed in Louisiana yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
Morehouse Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in Morehouse Parish
Are radon levels high in Morehouse Parish?
In 2017, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Morehouse Parish, Louisiana were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.9 pCi/L. Of the 4 nearest counties with a figure, within 231 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 1.5%.
Which counties border Morehouse Parish?
Morehouse Parish borders 7 counties: West Carroll Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Ashley County, AR, Union Parish, LA, Chicot County, AR and Union County, AR.
Products
Morehouse Parish, Products
Testing a home in Morehouse Parish
No CDC figure names Morehouse Parish; the nearest county with one, East Baton Rouge Parish (163 miles away), reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the only reading nearby until a test of this home. Zone 3 is the lowest label, yet homes at or above 4 pCi/L occur in every zone: a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Morehouse Parish.
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Morehouse Parish, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Morehouse Parish
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Richland Parish, LAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Ouachita Parish, LAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Ashley County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Union Parish, LAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.8 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Union County, AREPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in West Carroll Parish, LAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Chicot County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Morehouse Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Morehouse Parish
Morehouse Parish has been losing residents: from 25,459 in 2020 to 23,705 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 6.9% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 30 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Bastrop, has 8,908 residents, 37.6% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 41.7% of those residents; the other 58.3% live outside any of them. CDC's 12 reported tests for 2017 work out to 0.5 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Louisiana's 0.3.
From Bastrop to Oak Ridge, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Morehouse Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop | 8,908 | −7.3% | 37.6% |
| Mer Rouge | 450 | −6.6% | 1.9% |
| Collinston | 256 | −5.2% | 1.1% |
| Bonita | 159 | −6.5% | 0.7% |
| Oak Ridge | 113 | −8.1% | 0.5% |
5 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).
Morehouse Parish, Homes
Homes in Morehouse Parish
Of Morehouse Parish's 11,895 homes, 74% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 20% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1977, close to Louisiana's 1982: 19% date from before 1960 and 16% from 2000 or later. 67% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Louisiana: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Morehouse Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11,895 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 74% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 20% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 19% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.