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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Morgan County, Ohio
EPA puts Morgan County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 10 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
56.3%
Muskingum County
- Muskingum
- 56.3%
- Noble
- 31.0%
5 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
48.9%
Perry County, 22 miles
- Perry
- 48.9%
- Ohio
- 52.3%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 90 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
0.1 pts above Ohio
- Morgan
- 100.0%
- Ohio
- 99.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
11
Too few for a share
- Morgan
- 11
- Needed
- 30
2006 to 2015, 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 Morgan 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
Morgan County, At a glance
Morgan County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Morgan 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 Morgan County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 10 reported tests for Morgan County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Morgan County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 10 tests were reported to CDC for Morgan 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).
Morgan County, Compared
Morgan County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Morgan County rests on 11 tests over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 9.1 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 9.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.4 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Muskingum County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 56.3%, and Noble County the smallest, 31.0%, with Perry County at 48.9%, Washington County at 38.1% and Athens County at 38.1% between. Farther out, Hocking County (35 miles away) at 53.3%, Guernsey County (35 miles away) at 44.4% and Monroe County (42 miles away) at 58.3% 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 Morgan 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.
Morgan County, Geology
The ground under Morgan County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Morgan 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Morgan County beside the ground around it
Across Ohio 62.8% of the land is rated high; none of Morgan County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Muskingum County the most at 71.5%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Morgan County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Morgan 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
Morgan County, Questions
Questions about radon in Morgan County
Are radon levels high in Morgan County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 30.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Morgan County, Ohio were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.3 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Muskingum County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 56.3%, and Noble County the smallest, 31.0%, with Perry County at 48.9%, Washington County at 38.1% and Athens County at 38.1% between.
Which counties border Morgan County?
Morgan County borders 5 counties: Noble County, Washington County, Perry County, Athens County and Muskingum County.
Products
Morgan County, Products
Testing a home in Morgan County
No CDC figure names Morgan County; the nearest county with one, Perry County (22 miles away), reported 48.9% 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 Morgan County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Morgan County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Morgan County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Muskingum CountyEPA zone 1
56.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.9 pCi/L · 391 tests
- Radon levels in Perry CountyEPA zone 1
48.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.8 pCi/L · 90 tests
- Radon levels in Washington CountyEPA zone 2
38.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 349 tests
- Radon levels in Athens CountyEPA zone 2
38.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 318 tests
- Radon levels in Noble CountyEPA zone 2
31.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 42 tests
Morgan County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Morgan County
About 13,626 people live in Morgan County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 130 fewer than in 2020 (−0.9%). That works out to 33 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: McConnelsville, the largest, has 1,637 residents, 12.0% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 21.6% of those residents; the other 78.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 11 tests over 2006 to 2015, or 0.8 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Ohio as a whole comes to 7.6.
From McConnelsville to Chesterhill, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Morgan County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| McConnelsville | 1,637 | −1.4% | 12.0% |
| Malta | 559 | −0.9% | 4.1% |
| Stockport | 472 | −1.9% | 3.5% |
| Chesterhill | 269 | −1.5% | 2.0% |
4 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).
Morgan County, Homes
Homes in Morgan County
Morgan County is a place of houses on their own lots: 76% of its 7,311 homes are detached single-family houses, against 69% across Ohio. Half of its homes were built before 1975, close to Ohio's 1970: 35% date from before 1960 and 21% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Ohio: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Morgan County | Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,311 | 5,271,573 |
| Detached houses | 76% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 15% |
| Mobile homes | 19% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 35% | 38% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 16% |
| Middle year built | 1975 | 1970 |
| 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.