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 Burke County, Georgia
EPA puts Burke County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 4 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
10.8%
Aiken County
- Aiken
- 10.8%
- Richmond
- 0.0%
2 of 8 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
0.0%
Richmond County, 21 miles
- Richmond
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 35 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Burke
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
4
Too few for a share
- Burke
- 4
- 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 Burke 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
Burke County, At a glance
Burke 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 Burke County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 4 reported tests for Burke 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). Burke County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 4 tests were reported to CDC for Burke 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).
Burke County, Compared
Burke County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Burke County rests on 4 tests over the 2008 to 2017 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 1.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.9 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Aiken County, SC reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 10.8%, and Richmond County the smallest, 0.0%. Farther out, Columbia County (37 miles away) at 9.7%, Laurens County (68 miles away) at 16.1% and Greene County (76 miles away) at 16.7% 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 Burke 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.
Burke County, Geology
The ground under Burke County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Burke 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.
Burke County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Burke County's is. None of the 8 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Burke County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Burke 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
Burke County, Questions
Questions about radon in Burke County
Are radon levels high in Burke County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Burke County, Georgia 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 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Aiken County, SC reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 10.8%, and Richmond County the smallest, 0.0%.
Which counties border Burke County?
Burke County borders 8 counties: Jenkins County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Barnwell County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Emanuel County, GA and Aiken County, SC.
Products
Burke County, Products
Testing a home in Burke County
No CDC figure names Burke County; the nearest county with one, Richmond County (21 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 Burke 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
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-SR battery digital radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Burke County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Burke County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Aiken County, SCEPA zone 3
10.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 342 tests
- Radon levels in Jenkins County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Richmond County, GAEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 35 tests
- Radon levels in Screven County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Jefferson County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Barnwell County, SCEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 6 tests
- Radon levels in Allendale County, SCEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Emanuel County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 1 test
Burke County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Burke County
About 24,408 people live in Burke County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 224 fewer than in 2020 (−0.9%). That works out to 30 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Waynesboro, has 5,511 residents, 22.6% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 4 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 Waynesboro to Vidette, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Burke County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro | 5,511 | −4.3% | 22.6% |
| Sardis | 996 | +0.8% | 4.1% |
| Blytheextends beyond Burke County | 798 | +5.6% | Counted whole |
| Midville | 380 | −1.3% | 1.6% |
| Keysville | 305 | +0.3% | 1.2% |
| Girard | 177 | Level | 0.7% |
| Vidette | 107 | Level | 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). A place that extends beyond Burke County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Burke County, Homes
Homes in Burke County
Of Burke County's 11,201 homes, 56% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 34% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 16% date from before 1960 and 26% from 2000 or later. 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 | Burke County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11,201 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 56% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 34% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 16% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 26% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 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.