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Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
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Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Meigs County, Ohio
EPA puts Meigs County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 20 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
38.1%
Athens County
- Athens
- 38.1%
- Wood
- 15.9%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
38.1%
Athens County, 17 miles
- Athens
- 38.1%
- Ohio
- 52.3%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 318 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
0.1 pts above Ohio
- Meigs
- 100.0%
- Ohio
- 99.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
20
Too few for a share
- Meigs
- 20
- 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 Meigs 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
Meigs County, At a glance
Meigs County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Meigs 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 Meigs County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 20 reported tests for Meigs County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Meigs County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 20 tests were reported to CDC for Meigs 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).
Meigs County, Compared
Meigs County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Meigs County rests on 20 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 4 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 7.2 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.7 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Athens County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 38.1%, and Wood County, WV the smallest, 15.9%. Farther out, Jackson County (32 miles away) at 41.7%, Hocking County (38 miles away) at 53.3% and Washington County (38 miles away) at 38.1% have figures too. Pooled across 88 Ohio counties, 52.3% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Pickaway County reported the highest share (81.4%) and Cuyahoga County the lowest (21.7%). EPA's 1993 map puts Meigs 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.
Meigs County, Geology
The ground under Meigs County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Meigs County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Unglaciated Plateau, to which USGS gives a radon index of 11, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unglaciated Plateau | Mississippian through Permian limestone, dolomite, and shale. | Moderate | 11 | 99.9% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Meigs County beside the ground around it
Across Ohio 62.8% of the land is rated high; none of Meigs County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Vinton County the most at 19.3%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Meigs County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Meigs County
- Radon Education and Licensing ProgramRadon Education and Licensing Program, run by Ohio Department of Health, licenses or certifies radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Ohio.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
Free radon test kits are available for Ohio homeowners.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Ohio479 professionals are listed in Ohio.
What Ohio's program says
- Phone
- 614-728-0272
- indoor.radon@odh.ohio.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
This program licenses companies and persons directly involved with the radon testing and mitigation industry.
What it means
Meigs County, Questions
Questions about radon in Meigs County
Are radon levels high in Meigs County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 20.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Meigs County, Ohio were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.7 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Athens County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 38.1%, and Wood County, WV the smallest, 15.9%.
Which counties border Meigs County?
Meigs County borders 6 counties: Mason County, WV, Athens County, OH, Jackson County, WV, Gallia County, OH, Vinton County, OH and Wood County, WV.
Products
Meigs County, Products
Testing a home in Meigs County
No CDC figure names Meigs County; the nearest county with one, Athens County (17 miles away), reported 38.1% 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 Meigs County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0B-SR battery digital radon monitor with an alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Meigs County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Meigs County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Athens County, OHEPA zone 2
38.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 318 tests
- Radon levels in Gallia County, OHEPA zone 2
33.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.0 pCi/L · 21 tests
- Radon levels in Jackson County, WVEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 24 tests
- Radon levels in Vinton County, OHEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Mason County, WVEPA zone 2
23.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Wood County, WVEPA zone 2
15.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 905 tests
Meigs County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Meigs County
About 21,587 people live in Meigs County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 581 fewer than in 2020 (−2.6%). That works out to 50 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Middleport, the largest, has 2,103 residents, 9.7% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 25.3% of those residents; the other 74.7% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 20 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.9 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Ohio as a whole comes to 8.3.
From Middleport to Rutland, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Meigs County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleport | 2,103 | −4.8% | 9.7% |
| Pomeroy | 1,514 | −3.4% | 7.0% |
| Syracuse | 770 | −1.4% | 3.6% |
| Racine | 667 | −2.5% | 3.1% |
| Rutland | 416 | −2.3% | 1.9% |
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).
Meigs County, Homes
Homes in Meigs County
Of Meigs County's 10,669 homes, 68% are detached houses, against 69% across Ohio; 25% are mobile homes. Much of Meigs County is recent building: 18% of its homes have gone up since 2000 and the middle year built is 1978, against 1970 for Ohio. Owners live in 75% of the occupied homes (Ohio: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Meigs County | Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 10,669 | 5,271,573 |
| Detached houses | 68% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 15% |
| Mobile homes | 25% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 34% | 38% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 16% |
| Middle year built | 1978 | 1970 |
| Owner-occupied | 75% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.