Short-term kit
Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
EPA puts Pottawatomie County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 9 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
8.9%
Oklahoma County
- Oklahoma
- 8.9%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
8.9%
Oklahoma County, 35 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
- Pottawatomie
- 0.0%
- Oklahoma
- 15.2%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
11
Too few for a share
- Pottawatomie
- 11
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County, At a glance
Pottawatomie 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 Pottawatomie County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 9 reported tests for Pottawatomie County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Pottawatomie County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 9 tests were reported to CDC for Pottawatomie 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).
Pottawatomie County, Compared
Pottawatomie County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Pottawatomie County rests on 11 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 1 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 9.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Oklahoma County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 8.9% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Tulsa County (85 miles away) at 6.0%, Washington County (119 miles away) at 11.3% and Cherokee County (120 miles away) at 32.0% have figures too. 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 Pottawatomie 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.
Pottawatomie County, Geology
The ground under Pottawatomie County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pottawatomie 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.
Pottawatomie County beside the ground around it
Across Oklahoma 0.6% of the land is rated high; none of Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pottawatomie County
Are radon levels high in Pottawatomie County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 11.1% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Oklahoma County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 8.9% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Pottawatomie County?
Pottawatomie County borders 7 counties: Seminole County, Cleveland County, McClain County, Pontotoc County, Lincoln County, Oklahoma County and Okfuskee County.
Products
Pottawatomie County, Products
Testing a home in Pottawatomie County
No CDC figure names Pottawatomie County; the nearest county with one, Oklahoma County (35 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 Pottawatomie County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
EcoBlu plug-in digital radon monitor with a display
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Pottawatomie County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pottawatomie County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Oklahoma CountyEPA zone 3
8.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 135 tests
- Radon levels in Cleveland CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 20 tests
- Radon levels in McClain CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 3 tests
- 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 Lincoln CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 5 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 Okfuskee CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Pottawatomie County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pottawatomie County
The Census Bureau estimates 75,102 residents in Pottawatomie County for July 1, 2025, 2,562 more than in 2020 (+3.5%). That works out to 95 people per square mile of land. Oklahoma City, the largest place on its list (719,849 residents in all), extends beyond Pottawatomie County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. CDC's 11 reported tests for 2007 to 2016 work out to 0.1 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Oklahoma's 0.2.
From Oklahoma City to Macomb, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pottawatomie County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Cityextends beyond Pottawatomie County | 719,849 | +5.4% | Counted whole |
| Shawnee | 32,474 | +3.8% | 43.2% |
| Tecumseh | 6,402 | +1.5% | 8.5% |
| McLoud | 4,564 | +4.9% | 6.1% |
| Bethel Acres | 3,301 | +8.2% | 4.4% |
| Pragueextends beyond Pottawatomie County | 2,427 | +2.7% | Counted whole |
| Pink | 2,200 | +5.4% | 2.9% |
| Maudextends beyond Pottawatomie County | 877 | +1.4% | Counted whole |
| Earlsboro | 620 | +3.9% | 0.8% |
| Johnson | 467 | +3.3% | 0.6% |
| Asher | 374 | +2.2% | 0.5% |
| Tribbey | 342 | +4.0% | 0.5% |
- Wanette
- St. Louis
- Brooksville
- Macomb
16 incorporated places, as listed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 place reference files. “(part)” marks a place that extends into another county. Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025). A place that extends beyond Pottawatomie County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Pottawatomie County, Homes
Homes in Pottawatomie County
Of Pottawatomie County's 30,163 homes, 75% are detached houses, against 73% across Oklahoma; 13% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1979, close to Oklahoma's 1980: 22% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Pottawatomie County | Oklahoma |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 30,163 | 1,763,036 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 73% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 13% | 9% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 21% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1980 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 66% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.