Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Hughes County, Oklahoma
EPA puts Hughes County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 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
Nearest county
8.9%
Oklahoma County, 74 miles
- Oklahoma
- 8.9%
- Oklahoma
- 12.6%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 135 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
15.2 pts below Oklahoma
- Hughes
- 0.0%
- Oklahoma
- 15.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
2
Too few for a share
- Hughes
- 2
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
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 Hughes 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
Hughes County, At a glance
Hughes County 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 Hughes County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Hughes County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Hughes County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Hughes 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. Measured data period: 2008 to 2017.
Hughes County, Compared
Hughes County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Hughes County rests on 2 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 50.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Oklahoma County (74 miles away) at 8.9%, Tulsa County (76 miles away) at 6.0% and Cherokee County (92 miles away) at 32.0%. Pooled across 53 Oklahoma counties, 12.6% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Delaware County reported the highest share (44.7%) and Tulsa County the lowest (6.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Hughes County 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.
Hughes County, Geology
The ground under Hughes County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Hughes County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Central Oklahoma Plains and Hills, to which USGS gives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Oklahoma Plains and Hills | Nonmarine Permian and Tertiary rocks, including shale, sandstone, and conglomerate in the western part, and Mississippian and Pennsylvanian rocks in the eastern part. | Low | 7 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Hughes County beside the ground around it
Across Oklahoma 0.6% of the land is rated high; none of Hughes County's is. None of the 6 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Hughes County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hughes County
- Oklahoma's radon programDepartment of Environmental QualityOklahoma's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Oklahoma.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
- See the Oklahoma directoryNo professionals are listed in Oklahoma yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
Hughes County, Questions
Questions about radon in Hughes County
Are radon levels high in Hughes County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hughes County, Oklahoma were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Of the 5 nearest counties with a figure, within 124 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 6.0% to 44.7%.
Which counties border Hughes County?
Hughes County borders 6 counties: Seminole County, Coal County, Pittsburg County, Pontotoc County, Okfuskee County and McIntosh County.
Products
Hughes County, Products
Testing a home in Hughes County
No CDC figure names Hughes County; the nearest county with one, Oklahoma County (74 miles away), reported 8.9% 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 Hughes County.
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
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Hughes County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hughes County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Pontotoc CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in McIntosh CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Seminole CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Coal CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Pittsburg CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Okfuskee CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Hughes County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hughes County
The Census Bureau estimates 13,455 residents in Hughes County for July 1, 2025, 107 more than in 2020 (+0.8%). That works out to 17 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Holdenville, has 5,923 residents, 44.0% of the total. CDC's 2 reported tests for 2008 to 2017 work out to 0.1 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Oklahoma's 0.2.
From Holdenville to Yeager, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Hughes County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holdenville | 5,923 | +0.1% | 44.0% |
| Wetumka | 1,133 | +0.2% | 8.4% |
| Allenextends beyond Hughes County | 804 | +0.8% | Counted whole |
| Dustin | 339 | +2.1% | 2.5% |
| Calvin | 313 | +0.6% | 2.3% |
| Stuart | 197 | +1.0% | 1.5% |
| Spaulding | 155 | +1.3% | 1.2% |
| Lamar | 128 | +0.8% | 1.0% |
| Gerty | 97 | +2.1% | 0.7% |
| Horntown | 93 | +2.2% | 0.7% |
| Atwood | 85 | +2.4% | 0.6% |
| Yeager | 60 | +9.1% | 0.4% |
12 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). A place that extends beyond Hughes County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Hughes County, Homes
Homes in Hughes County
Hughes County is a place of houses on their own lots: 77% of its 5,782 homes are detached single-family houses, against 73% across Oklahoma. The homes are older than Oklahoma's as a whole: half were built before 1972 (1980 for Oklahoma), and 39% date from before 1960. 73% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Oklahoma: 66%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Hughes County | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,782 | 1,763,036 |
| Detached houses | 77% | 73% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 15% | 9% |
| Built before 1960 | 39% | 21% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1972 | 1980 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.