Short-term kit
PicoCan short-term charcoal canister radon test
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Russell County, Alabama
EPA puts Russell County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 3 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
12.3%
Lee County
- Lee
- 12.3%
- Muscogee
- 5.7%
2 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
12.3%
Lee County, 24 miles
- Lee
- 12.3%
- Alabama
- 21.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 81 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
99.0%
34.3 pts above Alabama
- Russell
- 99.0%
- Alabama
- 64.7%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Russell
- 4
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Russell 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
Russell County, At a glance
Russell County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Russell County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 99% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Russell County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Russell 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). Russell County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Russell 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).
Russell County, Compared
Russell County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Russell County rests on 4 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 25.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 2.0 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.7 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Lee County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 12.3%, and Muscogee County, GA the smallest, 5.7%. Farther out, Montgomery County (60 miles away) at 9.7%, Elmore County (60 miles away) at 22.2% and Clay County (78 miles away) at 17.9% 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 Russell County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 99% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Russell County, Geology
The ground under Russell County
PredictedMost of the ground under Russell County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 99.0% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 1.0% low. 99.0% 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 | 99.0% |
| Coastal Plain | Cretaceous and Tertiary marine and coastal sediments including limestone, sandstone, sand, silt, and clay. Coastal plan sands containing glauconite may generate locally elevated radon. | Low | 8 | 1.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Russell County beside the ground around it
Across Alabama 14.3% of the land is rated high; none of Russell County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Bullock County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Russell County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Russell 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
Russell County, Questions
Questions about radon in Russell County
Are radon levels high in Russell County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Russell 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: Lee County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 12.3%, and Muscogee County, GA the smallest, 5.7%.
Which counties border Russell County?
Russell County borders 7 counties: Muscogee County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Lee County, AL, Chattahoochee County, GA, Barbour County, AL, Macon County, AL and Bullock County, AL.
Products
Russell County, Products
Testing a home in Russell County
No CDC figure names Russell County; the nearest county with one, Lee County (24 miles away), reported 12.3% 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 Russell 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
MonitorAranet
Radon Plus battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Russell County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Russell County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Macon County, ALEPA zone 2
22.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Lee County, ALEPA zone 2
12.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 81 tests
- Radon levels in Muscogee County, GAEPA zone 3
5.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 106 tests
- Radon levels in Barbour County, ALEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Stewart County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Chattahoochee County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Bullock County, ALEPA zone 2
No CDC figure for 2008 to 2017; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Russell County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Russell County
About 58,898 people live in Russell County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 353 fewer than in 2020 (−0.6%). That works out to 92 people per square mile of land. Phenix City, the largest place on its list (38,344 residents in all), extends beyond Russell County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 4 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Alabama as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Phenix City to Hurtsboro, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Russell County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phenix Cityextends beyond Russell County | 38,344 | −1.2% | Counted whole |
| Hurtsboro | 341 | −1.2% | 0.6% |
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). A place that extends beyond Russell County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Russell County, Homes
Homes in Russell County
Of Russell County's 27,531 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 69% across Alabama; 14% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1983, close to Alabama's 1985: 19% date from before 1960 and 28% from 2000 or later. 61% 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 | Russell County | Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 27,531 | 2,316,192 |
| Detached houses | 65% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 12% | 12% |
| Mobile homes | 14% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 19% | 16% |
| Built since 2000 | 28% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1983 | 1985 |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 70% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.