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In home: 3 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Hale County, Alabama
EPA puts Hale County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 10 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
8.5%
Tuscaloosa County
- Tuscaloosa
- 8.5%
1 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
8.5%
Tuscaloosa County, 37 miles
- Tuscaloosa
- 8.5%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 82 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
100.0%
35.3 pts above Alabama
- Hale
- 100.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
10
Too few for a share
- Hale
- 10
- 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 Hale 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
Hale County, At a glance
Hale County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Hale 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 Hale County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 10 reported tests for Hale County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.9 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Hale County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 10 tests were reported to CDC for Hale 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).
Hale County, Compared
Hale County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Hale County rests on 10 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 10.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 4.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.9 pCi/L.
Tuscaloosa County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 8.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Autauga County (60 miles away) at 17.1%, Shelby County (66 miles away) at 11.3% and Jefferson County (69 miles away) at 10.7% 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 Hale 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.
Hale County, Geology
The ground under Hale County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Hale 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.
Hale County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Hale County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Greene County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Hale County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Hale 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
Hale County, Questions
Questions about radon in Hale County
Are radon levels high in Hale County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 50.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Hale County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.9 pCi/L. Tuscaloosa County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, reported 8.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Hale County?
Hale County borders 5 counties: Greene County, Perry County, Marengo County, Bibb County and Tuscaloosa County.
Products
Hale County, Products
Testing a home in Hale County
No CDC figure names Hale County; the nearest county with one, Tuscaloosa County (37 miles away), reported 8.5% 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 Hale 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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-1085 palm-sized rechargeable radon detector
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Hale County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Hale County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Marengo CountyEPA zone 3
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 9.3 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Bibb CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.5 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Tuscaloosa CountyEPA zone 2
8.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 82 tests
- Radon levels in Greene CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Perry CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.2 pCi/L · 1 test
Hale County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Hale County
The Census Bureau estimates 15,194 residents in Hale County for July 1, 2025, 426 more than in 2020 (+2.9%). That works out to 24 people per square mile of land. Moundville, the largest place on its list (3,628 residents in all), extends beyond Hale County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 10 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.7 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Moundville to Newbern, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Hale County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moundvilleextends beyond Hale County | 3,628 | +19.0% | Counted whole |
| Greensboro | 2,195 | −0.8% | 14.4% |
| Akron | 236 | +3.5% | 1.6% |
| Newbern | 144 | +5.9% | 0.9% |
4 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). A place that extends beyond Hale County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Hale County, Homes
Homes in Hale County
Of Hale County's 7,514 homes, 55% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 39% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Alabama's 1985: 15% date from before 1960 and 22% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Alabama: 70%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Hale County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,514 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 55% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 39% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 22% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.