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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Brooks County, Georgia
EPA puts Brooks County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
4.7%
Jefferson County
- Jefferson
- 4.7%
1 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
0.0%
Dougherty County, 61 miles
- Dougherty
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 32 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Brooks
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Brooks
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, 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 Brooks 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
Brooks County, At a glance
Brooks 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 Brooks County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Brooks County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Brooks County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Brooks 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).
Brooks County, Compared
Brooks County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Brooks County rests on 3 tests over the 2008 to 2017 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 1.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.7 pCi/L.
Jefferson County, FL, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 4.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Dougherty County (61 miles away) at 0.0%, Houston County (112 miles away) at 8.2% and Laurens County (118 miles away) at 16.1% 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 Brooks 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.
Brooks County, Geology
The ground under Brooks County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Brooks 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.
Brooks County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Brooks 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
Brooks County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Brooks 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
Brooks County, Questions
Questions about radon in Brooks County
Are radon levels high in Brooks County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Brooks County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.7 pCi/L. Jefferson County, FL, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 4.7% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Brooks County?
Brooks County borders 6 counties: Lowndes County, GA, Thomas County, GA, Cook County, GA, Colquitt County, GA, Madison County, FL and Jefferson County, FL.
Products
Brooks County, Products
Testing a home in Brooks County
No CDC figure names Brooks County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (61 miles away), reported 0.0% 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 Brooks County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Brooks County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Brooks County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Thomas County, GAEPA zone 3
15.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Madison County, FLEPA zone 3
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Jefferson County, FLEPA zone 3
4.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 43 tests
- Radon levels in Lowndes County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 17 tests
- Radon levels in Cook County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Colquitt County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 tests
Brooks County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Brooks County
About 16,101 people live in Brooks County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 170 fewer than in 2020 (−1.0%). That works out to 33 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Quitman, has 4,032 residents, 25.0% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Quitman to Barwick, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Brooks County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quitman | 4,032 | −0.8% | 25.0% |
| Pavoextends beyond Brooks County | 601 | −2.1% | Counted whole |
| Morven | 496 | −1.6% | 3.1% |
| Barwickextends beyond Brooks County | 352 | −1.1% | Counted whole |
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 Brooks County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Brooks County, Homes
Homes in Brooks County
Of Brooks County's 7,342 homes, 61% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 33% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1985, close to Georgia's 1991: 17% date from before 1960 and 21% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Brooks County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,342 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 61% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 33% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 17% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1985 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.