Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Appling County, Georgia
EPA puts Appling County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Nearest county
16.1%
Laurens County, 62 miles
- Laurens
- 16.1%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 31 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Appling
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
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 3
Lower potential
- 1
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Appling 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
Appling County, At a glance
Appling County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low 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 Appling County. Laurens County, 62 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Appling County, Compared
Appling County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Appling County, in any year or ten-year total; over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, the agency's counts reach 137 Georgia counties without it. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Laurens County (62 miles away) at 16.1%, Chatham County (70 miles away) at 0.0% and Houston County (94 miles away) at 8.2%. Statewide for the same period, Barrow County reported the highest share (51.0%) and Dougherty County the lowest (0.0%).
EPA's 1993 map puts Appling County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Appling County, Geology
The ground under Appling County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Appling County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Coastal Plain, to which USGS gives a radon index of 8, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Appling County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Appling County's is. None of the 6 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Appling County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Appling County
- Georgia's radon programGeorgia Attorney General's Consumer Protection DivisionGeorgia's radon program does not license radon professionals and offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in Georgia.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
A kit costs $15.00 if mailed or $10.00 if picked up at a participating County Extension office.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in Georgia3 professionals are listed in Georgia.
What Georgia's program says
- Licensing of radon professionals
There are no laws mandating a mitigator receive certification in Georgia, however, many mitigators choose to get certified by one of two national programs.
What it means
Appling County, Questions
Questions about radon in Appling County
Are radon levels high in Appling County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Appling County, Georgia yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 124 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Appling County?
Appling County borders 6 counties: Bacon County, Jeff Davis County, Toombs County, Wayne County, Pierce County and Tattnall County.
Products
Appling County, Products
Testing a home in Appling County
No CDC figure names Appling County; the nearest county with one, Laurens County (62 miles away), reported 16.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2007 to 2016 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 Appling County.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
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
RadonPro Wi-Fi radon monitor with a built-in Geiger counter
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Wi-Fi
- Alarm
- Screen, app
First reading: Within 5 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Appling County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Appling County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Toombs CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Wayne CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Pierce CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Bacon CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Jeff Davis CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Tattnall CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Appling County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Appling County
The Census Bureau estimates 19,100 residents in Appling County for July 1, 2025, 724 more than in 2020 (+3.9%). That works out to 38 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Baxley, has 5,058 residents, 26.5% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 29.0% of those residents; the other 71.0% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Appling County; across Georgia its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 2.6 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Baxley to Surrency, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Appling County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxley | 5,058 | +3.7% | 26.5% |
| Graham | 276 | +4.9% | 1.4% |
| Surrency | 203 | +3.6% | 1.1% |
3 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).
Appling County, Homes
Homes in Appling County
Of Appling County's 8,526 homes, 58% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 35% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 14% date from before 1960 and 17% from 2000 or later. 72% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Georgia: 65%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Appling County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 8,526 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 58% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 35% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.