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In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Crenshaw County, Alabama
EPA puts Crenshaw County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
9.7%
Montgomery County
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
1 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
9.7%
Montgomery County, 34 miles
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 103 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
19.4%
45.2 pts below Alabama
- Crenshaw
- 19.4%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Crenshaw
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, 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 Crenshaw 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
Crenshaw County, At a glance
Crenshaw County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 81% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Crenshaw County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Crenshaw County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Crenshaw County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Crenshaw 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).
Crenshaw County, Compared
Crenshaw County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Crenshaw 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 1.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
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, Autauga County (59 miles away) at 17.1%, Elmore County (60 miles away) at 22.2% and Lee County (82 miles away) at 12.3% have figures too. Pooled across 65 Alabama counties, 21.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
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 Crenshaw County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 81% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Crenshaw County, Geology
The ground under Crenshaw County
PredictedMost of the ground under Crenshaw County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 80.6% of its land is low radon potential, with 19.4% moderate. The map puts 80.6% of Crenshaw County in the area it calls Coastal Plain and 19.4% in Inner Coastal Plain. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8), and the second 10, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | Low | 7 | 80.6% |
| Inner Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | Moderate | 10 | 19.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Crenshaw County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Crenshaw County's is. Of the 6 counties that border it, 3 have more moderate-potential ground, Montgomery County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Crenshaw County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Crenshaw 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
Crenshaw County, Questions
Questions about radon in Crenshaw County
Are radon levels high in Crenshaw County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Crenshaw County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. 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 Crenshaw County?
Crenshaw County borders 6 counties: Butler County, Pike County, Montgomery County, Covington County, Lowndes County and Coffee County.
Products
Crenshaw County, Products
Testing a home in Crenshaw County
No CDC figure names Crenshaw County; the nearest county with one, Montgomery County (34 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. 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 Crenshaw County.
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
MonitorINKBIRD
INK-RD3 battery radon monitor with an e-ink screen
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- Battery
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First reading: Within 24 hours
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Crenshaw County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Crenshaw 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 Coffee CountyEPA zone 3
16.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.4 pCi/L · 6 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 Butler CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Covington CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Lowndes CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 2 tests
Crenshaw County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Crenshaw County
Crenshaw County's population has barely moved since 2020: 13,175 residents on July 1, 2025 against 13,174 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 22 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Luverne, has 2,690 residents, 20.4% of the total. Together its 6 incorporated places hold 33.0% of those residents; the other 67.0% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Luverne to Petrey, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Crenshaw County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luverne | 2,690 | −1.7% | 20.4% |
| Brantley | 804 | −2.2% | 6.1% |
| Rutledge | 347 | −2.3% | 2.6% |
| Dozier | 288 | −1.0% | 2.2% |
| Glenwood | 153 | Level | 1.2% |
| Petrey | 62 | −3.1% | 0.5% |
6 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).
Crenshaw County, Homes
Homes in Crenshaw County
Of Crenshaw County's 6,562 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 26% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1981, close to Alabama's 1985: 15% date from before 1960 and 21% from 2000 or later. 74% 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 | Crenshaw County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,562 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 26% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.