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In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Tucker County, West Virginia
EPA puts Tucker County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 18 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
36.9%
Preston County
- Preston
- 36.9%
- Grant
- 9.8%
3 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
9.8%
Grant County, 20 miles
- Grant
- 9.8%
- WV
- 37.5%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 164 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
14.0 pts above WV
- Tucker
- 100.0%
- WV
- 86.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
18
Too few for a share
- Tucker
- 18
- 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 Tucker 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
Tucker County, At a glance
Tucker County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Tucker 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 Tucker County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 18 reported tests for Tucker County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.8 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Tucker County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 18 tests were reported to CDC for Tucker 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).
Tucker County, Compared
Tucker County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Tucker County rests on 18 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.6 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 11.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.8 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Preston County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 36.9%, and Grant County the smallest, 9.8%, with Randolph County at 36.4% between. Farther out, Taylor County (30 miles away) at 28.1%, Pendleton County (32 miles away) at 30.9% and Hardy County (39 miles away) at 22.6% 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 Tucker 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.
Tucker County, Geology
The ground under Tucker County
PredictedMost of the ground under Tucker County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 99.8% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 0.2% high. All of it lies in the area the map calls Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mtns, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Allegheny Plateau and Mtns | Devonian-Pennsylvanian shale, siltstone, sandstone, minor limestone and coal | Moderate | 10 | 99.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Tucker County beside the ground around it
West Virginia as a whole has more high-potential ground than Tucker County: 18.7% of its land, against 0.2% here. Of the 4 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Grant County the most at 75.5%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Tucker County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Tucker 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
Tucker County, Questions
Questions about radon in Tucker County
Are radon levels high in Tucker County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 27.8% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Tucker County, West Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.8 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Preston County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 36.9%, and Grant County the smallest, 9.8%, with Randolph County at 36.4% between.
Which counties border Tucker County?
Tucker County borders 4 counties: Grant County, Barbour County, Preston County and Randolph County.
Products
Tucker County, Products
Testing a home in Tucker County
No CDC figure names Tucker County; the nearest county with one, Grant County (20 miles away), reported 9.8% 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 Tucker 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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Tucker County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Tucker County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Preston CountyEPA zone 1
36.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 176 tests
- Radon levels in Randolph CountyEPA zone 2
36.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 33 tests
- Radon levels in Barbour CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.0 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Grant CountyEPA zone 1
9.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 164 tests
Tucker County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Tucker County
About 6,540 people live in Tucker County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 213 fewer than in 2020 (−3.2%). That works out to 16 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Parsons, the largest, has 1,282 residents, 19.6% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 44.1% of those residents; the other 55.9% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 18 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 2.8 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where West Virginia as a whole comes to 5.7.
From Parsons to Hendricks, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Tucker County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parsons | 1,282 | −3.2% | 19.6% |
| Thomas | 587 | −1.8% | 9.0% |
| Davis | 579 | −4.3% | 8.9% |
| Hambleton | 229 | −3.4% | 3.5% |
| Hendricks | 205 | −4.2% | 3.1% |
5 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).
Tucker County, Homes
Homes in Tucker County
Tucker County is a place of houses on their own lots: 83% of its 4,665 homes are detached single-family houses, against 71% across West Virginia. Half of its homes were built before 1982, close to West Virginia's 1976: 24% date from before 1960 and 17% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 81% of the occupied homes (West Virginia: 74%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Tucker County | West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,665 | 859,653 |
| Detached houses | 83% | 71% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 8% |
| Mobile homes | 8% | 14% |
| Built before 1960 | 24% | 33% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% | 18% |
| Middle year built | 1982 | 1976 |
| Owner-occupied | 81% | 74% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.