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Radon Levels in Bullock County, Alabama
EPA puts Bullock County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
9.7%
Montgomery County
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
1 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
9.7%
Montgomery County, 30 miles
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
35.3 pts above Alabama
- Bullock
- 100.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
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 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Bullock 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
Bullock County, At a glance
Bullock County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Bullock 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Bullock County. Montgomery County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 9.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Bullock County, Compared
Bullock County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Bullock County, in any year or ten-year total; over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, the agency's counts reach 65 Alabama counties without it. Pooled across 65 Alabama counties, 21.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Montgomery County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 9.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Lee County (40 miles away) at 12.3%, Elmore County (43 miles away) at 22.2% and Autauga County (62 miles away) at 17.1% have figures too. Statewide for the same period, Colbert County reported the highest share (36.2%) and Baldwin County the lowest (0.0%).
EPA's 1993 map puts Bullock 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.
Bullock County, Geology
The ground under Bullock County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Bullock County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Inner Coastal Plain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | 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.
Bullock County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Bullock County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Montgomery County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Bullock County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bullock County
- Alabama Radon ProgramAlabama Radon Program, run by Alabama Department of Public Health, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Alabama.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 Alabama directoryNo professionals are listed in Alabama yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Alabama's program says
- Phone
- (334) 290-6244
What it means
Bullock County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bullock County
Are radon levels high in Bullock County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Bullock County, Alabama yet. Montgomery County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 9.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Bullock County?
Bullock County borders 5 counties: Pike County, Macon County, Barbour County, Montgomery County and Russell County.
Products
Bullock County, Products
Testing a home in Bullock County
No CDC figure names Bullock County; the nearest county with one, Montgomery County (30 miles away), reported 9.7% 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 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Bullock County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Radon Detector (RAB) battery digital radon detector with an alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 12 hours
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Bullock County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bullock County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Pike CountyEPA zone 3
44.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Macon CountyEPA zone 2
22.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Montgomery CountyEPA zone 2
9.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 103 tests
- Radon levels in Barbour CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Russell CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 3 tests
Bullock County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Bullock County
About 9,780 people live in Bullock County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 459 fewer than in 2020 (−4.5%). That works out to 16 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Union Springs, has 3,091 residents, 31.6% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 35.6% of those residents; the other 64.4% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Bullock County; across Alabama its counts for 2008 to 2017 come to 2.4 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Union Springs to Midway, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Bullock County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Springs | 3,091 | −7.3% | 31.6% |
| Midway | 394 | −5.7% | 4.0% |
2 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).
Bullock County, Homes
Homes in Bullock County
Mobile homes are 44% of Bullock County's 4,554 homes and detached houses 43%, against 69% across Alabama. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Alabama's 1985: 13% date from before 1960 and 20% from 2000 or later. 64% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Alabama: 70%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Bullock County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,554 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 43% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 8% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 44% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 13% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 20% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 64% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.