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Radon Levels in Lowndes County, Alabama
EPA puts Lowndes County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 2 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
17.1%
Autauga County
- Autauga
- 17.1%
- Montgomery
- 9.7%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
17.1%
Autauga County, 26 miles
- Autauga
- 17.1%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 35 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
97.0%
32.4 pts above Alabama
- Lowndes
- 97.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
2
Too few for a share
- Lowndes
- 2
- 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 Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, At a glance
Lowndes County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Lowndes County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 97% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Lowndes County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Lowndes County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.9 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Lowndes County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Lowndes 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).
Lowndes County, Compared
Lowndes County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Lowndes County rests on 2 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 50.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.9 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Autauga County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 17.1%, and Montgomery County the smallest, 9.7%. Farther out, Elmore County (42 miles away) at 22.2%, Shelby County (76 miles away) at 11.3% 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 Lowndes County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 97% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Lowndes County, Geology
The ground under Lowndes County
PredictedMost of the ground under Lowndes County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 97.0% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 3.0% low. 97.0% 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 | 97.0% |
| Coastal Plain | Marly sandy clay, chalk, and glauconitic sands. | Low | 7 | 3.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lowndes County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lowndes County
Are radon levels high in Lowndes County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lowndes County, Alabama were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.9 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Autauga County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 17.1%, and Montgomery County the smallest, 9.7%.
Which counties border Lowndes County?
Lowndes County borders 6 counties: Autauga County, Montgomery County, Butler County, Dallas County, Crenshaw County and Wilcox County.
Products
Lowndes County, Products
Testing a home in Lowndes County
No CDC figure names Lowndes County; the nearest county with one, Autauga County (26 miles away), reported 17.1% 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 Lowndes 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
Monitor
Corentium Home 2 battery digital radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Lowndes County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lowndes County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Autauga CountyEPA zone 2
17.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 35 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 Dallas CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Crenshaw CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Wilcox CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Lowndes County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lowndes County
Lowndes County has been losing residents: from 10,281 in 2020 to 9,359 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 9.0% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 13 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Fort Deposit, the largest, has 1,114 residents, 11.9% of the total. Together its 7 incorporated places hold 39.5% of those residents; the other 60.5% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 2 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.4.
From Fort Deposit to Benton, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lowndes County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Deposit | 1,114 | −9.3% | 11.9% |
| White Hall | 753 | −6.8% | 8.0% |
| Hayneville | 751 | −10.3% | 8.0% |
| Mosses | 748 | −9.8% | 8.0% |
| Gordonville | 220 | −9.1% | 2.4% |
| Lowndesboro | 75 | −14.8% | 0.8% |
| Benton | 36 | −12.2% | 0.4% |
7 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).
Lowndes County, Homes
Homes in Lowndes County
Of Lowndes County's 4,827 homes, 55% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 36% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1990, close to Alabama's 1985: 9% date from before 1960 and 25% 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 | Lowndes County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,827 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 55% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 36% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 9% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1990 | 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.