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 Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
EPA puts Pittsburg County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
32.0%
Cherokee County, 80 miles
- Cherokee
- 32.0%
- Oklahoma
- 12.6%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 50 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
15.2 pts below Oklahoma
- Pittsburg
- 0.0%
- Oklahoma
- 15.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg County, At a glance
Pittsburg 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Pittsburg County. Cherokee County, 80 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Pittsburg County, Compared
Pittsburg County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Pittsburg County has no radon test figure of its own from CDC, whose counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals name 53 other Oklahoma counties and leave it out. Pooled across 53 Oklahoma counties, 12.6% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Cherokee County (80 miles away) at 32.0%, Tulsa County (83 miles away) at 6.0% and Oklahoma County (103 miles away) at 8.9%. 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 Pittsburg 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.
Pittsburg County, Geology
The ground under Pittsburg County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pittsburg County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 78.5% of Pittsburg County in the area it calls Central Oklahoma Plains and Hills and 20.9% in Ouachita Mountains, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 8, both 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 | 78.5% |
| Ouachita Mountains | Mississippian and Pennsylvanian limestone, sandstone, siltstone, shale, conglomerate. | Low | 8 | 20.9% |
| Lower Arkansas River Valley | Pennsylvanian sandstone, siltstone, shale. | Low | 8 | 0.5% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Pittsburg County beside the ground around it
Across Oklahoma 0.6% of the land is rated high; none of Pittsburg County's is. 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
Pittsburg County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pittsburg 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
Pittsburg County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pittsburg County
Are radon levels high in Pittsburg County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Pittsburg County, Oklahoma yet. 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 Pittsburg County?
Pittsburg County borders 7 counties: Hughes County, McIntosh County, Latimer County, Coal County, Atoka County, Haskell County and Pushmataha County.
Products
Pittsburg County, Products
Testing a home in Pittsburg County
No CDC figure names Pittsburg County; the nearest county with one, Cherokee County (80 miles away), reported 32.0% 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 Pittsburg 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
Monitor
RadonScan USB-powered radon monitor with a color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Pittsburg County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pittsburg County
Calculated by Radon411- 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 Haskell CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Hughes CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Latimer 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 Atoka CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Pushmataha CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Pittsburg County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pittsburg County
About 43,320 people live in Pittsburg County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 472 fewer than in 2020 (−1.1%). That works out to 33 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, McAlester, has 18,044 residents, 41.7% of the total. Together its 14 incorporated places hold 59.8% of those residents; the other 40.2% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Pittsburg County; across Oklahoma its counts for 2006 to 2015 come to 0.2 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From McAlester to Ashland, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pittsburg County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAlester | 18,044 | −0.6% | 41.7% |
| Krebs | 2,068 | −0.7% | 4.8% |
| Hartshorne | 1,877 | −3.5% | 4.3% |
| Quinton | 845 | −2.5% | 2.0% |
| Haileyville | 702 | −2.2% | 1.6% |
| Kiowa | 621 | +4.0% | 1.4% |
| Savanna | 611 | −1.8% | 1.4% |
| Crowder | 295 | −2.6% | 0.7% |
| Alderson | 220 | +0.5% | 0.5% |
| Pittsburg | 176 | −2.2% | 0.4% |
| Indianola | 144 | −3.4% | 0.3% |
| Canadian | 142 | −3.4% | 0.3% |
- Carlton Landing
- Ashland
14 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).
Pittsburg County, Homes
Homes in Pittsburg County
Pittsburg County is a place of houses on their own lots: 77% of its 22,204 homes are detached single-family houses, against 73% across Oklahoma. Half of its homes were built before 1978, close to Oklahoma's 1980: 23% date from before 1960 and 22% from 2000 or later. 71% 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 | Pittsburg County | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 22,204 | 1,763,036 |
| Detached houses | 77% | 73% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 13% | 9% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 21% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1978 | 1980 |
| Owner-occupied | 71% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.