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In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Doddridge County, West Virginia
EPA puts Doddridge County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is 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
36.4%
Harrison County
- Harrison
- 36.4%
- Tyler
- 22.9%
3 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
22.9%
Tyler County, 17 miles
- Tyler
- 22.9%
- WV
- 37.5%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 35 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
14.0 pts above WV
- Doddridge
- 100.0%
- WV
- 86.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Doddridge
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, 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 Doddridge 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
Doddridge County, At a glance
Doddridge County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Doddridge 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 Doddridge County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Doddridge County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Doddridge County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Doddridge 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).
Doddridge County, Compared
Doddridge County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Doddridge County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.5 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Harrison County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 36.4%, and Tyler County the smallest, 22.9%, with Wetzel County at 35.2% between. Farther out, Marion County (30 miles away) at 29.1%, Taylor County (36 miles away) at 28.1% and Marshall County (41 miles away) at 31.9% have figures too. Pooled across 55 West Virginia counties, 37.5% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Morgan County reported the highest share (58.1%) and Grant County the lowest (9.8%). EPA's 1993 map puts Doddridge 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.
Doddridge County, Geology
The ground under Doddridge County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Doddridge County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Central Allegheny Plateau, to which USGS gives a radon index of 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Allegheny Plateau | Permian and Pennsylvanian shale, siltstone, sandstone, minor limestone. | Moderate | 10 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Doddridge County beside the ground around it
Across West Virginia 18.7% of the land is rated high; none of Doddridge County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Gilmer County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Doddridge County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Doddridge County
- OEHS Radon ProgramOEHS Radon Program, run by WV DHHR OEHS Radiation, Toxics & Indoor Air Division, licenses or certifies radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in West Virginia.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
West Virginia residents can request a free Radon Test Kit by emailing Radon@wv.gov or calling 304-352-5039
- Compare kits
- Professionals in West Virginia35 professionals are listed in West Virginia.
What West Virginia's program says
- Phone
- 304-352-5039
- Radon@wv.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
Complete listings of professionals licensed to perform Asbestos, Lead, Radon and Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation activities in West Virginia.
What it means
Doddridge County, Questions
Questions about radon in Doddridge County
Are radon levels high in Doddridge County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Doddridge County, West Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Harrison County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 36.4%, and Tyler County the smallest, 22.9%, with Wetzel County at 35.2% between.
Which counties border Doddridge County?
Doddridge County borders 6 counties: Tyler County, Ritchie County, Harrison County, Wetzel County, Gilmer County and Lewis County.
Products
Doddridge County, Products
Testing a home in Doddridge County
No CDC figure names Doddridge County; the nearest county with one, Tyler County (17 miles away), reported 22.9% 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 Doddridge County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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
MonitorPYZYCKYH
RD17 plug-in radon detector with a rechargeable battery and color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Doddridge County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Doddridge County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Harrison CountyEPA zone 2
36.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.6 pCi/L · 187 tests
- Radon levels in Wetzel CountyEPA zone 1
35.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 54 tests
- Radon levels in Tyler CountyEPA zone 2
22.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 35 tests
- Radon levels in Lewis CountyEPA zone 2
13.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.0 pCi/L · 23 tests
- Radon levels in Gilmer CountyEPA zone 2
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Ritchie CountyEPA zone 2
5.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 18 tests
Doddridge County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Doddridge County
About 7,634 people live in Doddridge County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 151 fewer than in 2020 (−1.9%). That works out to 24 people per square mile of land. West Union, its one incorporated place, has 647 residents, 8.5% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where West Virginia as a whole comes to 5.7.
West Union is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Doddridge County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Union | 647 | −2.1% | 8.5% |
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).
Doddridge County, Homes
Homes in Doddridge County
Doddridge County is a place of houses on their own lots: 81% of its 3,248 homes are detached single-family houses, against 71% across West Virginia. Half of its homes were built before 1973, close to West Virginia's 1976: 43% date from before 1960 and 14% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 88% of the occupied homes (West Virginia: 74%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Doddridge County | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,248 | 859,653 |
| Detached houses | 81% | 71% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 8% |
| Mobile homes | 16% | 14% |
| Built before 1960 | 43% | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 14% | 18% |
| Middle year built | 1973 | 1976 |
| Owner-occupied | 88% | 74% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.