Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Meigs County, Tennessee
EPA puts Meigs County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2023). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
34.0%
McMinn County
- McMinn
- 34.0%
- Hamilton
- 19.3%
5 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
26.7%
Rhea County, 9 miles
- Rhea
- 26.7%
- Tennessee
- 33.3%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 45 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
30.5 pts above Tennessee
- Meigs
- 100.0%
- Tennessee
- 69.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
29
Too few for a share
- Meigs
- 29
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 1
Highest potential
- Zone 1
- 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts over 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 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Meigs County in
USGS geologic potential: High across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Meigs County, 2023
| Year | Share of reported tests at or above 4 pCi/L |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% |
2023: 0.0%. Across these years the share ran from 0.0% to 0.0%. Each column counts radon tests reported to CDC that year, not homes.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Meigs County over 2023, 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: 2023. Measured data period: 2005 to 2023 (every CDC figure on file).
Meigs County, Compared
Meigs County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Meigs County rests on 29 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 10 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 3.4 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 39.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.5 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: McMinn County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 34.0%, and Hamilton County the smallest, 19.3%, with Roane County at 33.7%, Rhea County at 26.7% and Bradley County at 20.9% between. Farther out, Bledsoe County (23 miles away) at 24.3%, Polk County (32 miles away) at 27.9% and Cumberland County (32 miles away) at 8.7% have figures too. Pooled across 95 Tennessee counties, 33.3% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Jefferson County reported the highest share (56.8%) and Chester County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Meigs County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land high 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: high radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Ridge and Valley, to which USGS gives a radon index of 14, in the high band (12 to 17).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge and Valley | Paleozoic sandstone and cherty dolostone. | High | 14 | 100% |
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
Meigs County has more high-potential ground than Tennessee as a whole: 100% of its land against 47.2%. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of high-potential ground; McMinn County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Meigs County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Meigs County
- Tennessee Radon ProgramTennessee Radon Program, run by Department of Environment & Conservation, offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Tennessee.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The Tennessee Radon Program provides free radon test kits and information assistance to residents, while also providing training opportunities to radon professionals across the state.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Tennessee1 professional is listed in Tennessee.
What Tennessee's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-232-1139
- TDEC.Radon@tn.gov
What it means
Meigs County, Questions
Questions about radon in Meigs County
Are radon levels high in Meigs County?
In 2023, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Meigs County, Tennessee were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: McMinn County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 34.0%, and Hamilton County the smallest, 19.3%, with Roane County at 33.7%, Rhea County at 26.7% and Bradley County at 20.9% between.
Which counties border Meigs County?
Meigs County borders 5 counties: Rhea County, McMinn County, Bradley County, Roane County and Hamilton County.
Products
Meigs County, Products
Testing a home in Meigs County
No CDC figure names Meigs County; the nearest county with one, Rhea County (9 miles away), reported 26.7% 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 1 the year-round level in Meigs County is the one to know: a long-term test (more than 90 days) or a monitor, with a short-term kit for a first answer.
Test kits and monitors3
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MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-3699 radon monitor with a 2.1-inch touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 1 hour
Short-term kitempowerDX
Standard Radon Test short-term mail-in radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Passive sampler
In home: 48 to 96 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Meigs County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Meigs County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in McMinn CountyEPA zone 1
34.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.8 pCi/L · 106 tests
- Radon levels in Roane CountyEPA zone 1
33.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 258 tests
- Radon levels in Rhea CountyEPA zone 3
26.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 45 tests
- Radon levels in Bradley CountyEPA zone 1
20.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 425 tests
- Radon levels in Hamilton CountyEPA zone 2
19.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 1,148 tests
Meigs County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Meigs County
Meigs County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 14,186 residents on July 1, 2025, up 10.8% from 12,808 in 2020. That works out to 73 people per square mile of land. Decatur, its one incorporated place, has 1,637 residents, 11.5% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 29 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 2.0 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Tennessee as a whole comes to 4.2.
Decatur is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Meigs County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur | 1,637 | +4.2% | 11.5% |
One incorporated place, 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 6,164 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 68% across Tennessee; 34% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1993, close to Tennessee's 1986: 8% date from before 1960 and 33% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Tennessee: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Meigs County | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,164 | 3,095,472 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 68% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 14% |
| Mobile homes | 34% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 8% | 18% |
| Built since 2000 | 33% | 29% |
| Middle year built | 1993 | 1986 |
| 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.