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 Bleckley County, Georgia
EPA puts Bleckley County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
16.1%
Laurens County
- Laurens
- 16.1%
- Houston
- 8.2%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
8.2%
Houston County, 20 miles
- Houston
- 8.2%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 61 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Bleckley
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Bleckley
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Bleckley 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
Bleckley County, At a glance
Bleckley 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
Radon tests reported for Bleckley County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Bleckley County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Bleckley County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Bleckley 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).
Bleckley County, Compared
Bleckley County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Bleckley County rests on 3 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 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.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Laurens County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 16.1%, and Houston County the smallest, 8.2%. Farther out, Bibb County (33 miles away) at 0.0%, Jones County (43 miles away) at 26.5% and Monroe County (53 miles away) at 23.8% have figures too. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
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 Bleckley 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.
Bleckley County, Geology
The ground under Bleckley County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Bleckley 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.
Bleckley County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Bleckley 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
Bleckley County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bleckley 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
Bleckley County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bleckley County
Are radon levels high in Bleckley County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Bleckley County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Laurens County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 16.1%, and Houston County the smallest, 8.2%.
Which counties border Bleckley County?
Bleckley County borders 6 counties: Pulaski County, Twiggs County, Houston County, Dodge County, Laurens County and Wilkinson County.
Products
Bleckley County, Products
Testing a home in Bleckley County
No CDC figure names Bleckley County; the nearest county with one, Houston County (20 miles away), reported 8.2% 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 Bleckley 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
RM-65 rechargeable radon detector with a color screen and alarm
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Bleckley County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bleckley County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Laurens CountyEPA zone 3
16.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 31 tests
- Radon levels in Houston CountyEPA zone 3
8.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 61 tests
- Radon levels in Pulaski CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 18 tests
- Radon levels in Twiggs CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Dodge CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Wilkinson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
Bleckley County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Bleckley County
The Census Bureau estimates 12,866 residents in Bleckley County for July 1, 2025, 351 more than in 2020 (+2.8%). That works out to 60 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Cochran, has 4,986 residents, 38.8% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Cochran to Allentown, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Bleckley County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran | 4,986 | −0.4% | 38.8% |
| Allentownextends beyond Bleckley County | 192 | −2.5% | Counted whole |
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 Bleckley County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Bleckley County, Homes
Homes in Bleckley County
Of Bleckley County's 5,235 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 25% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1982 (1991 for Georgia), and 14% date from before 1960. 73% 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 | Bleckley County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,235 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 65% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 25% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1982 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 73% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.