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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Butts County, Georgia
EPA puts Butts County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 15 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
33.0%
Spalding County
- Spalding
- 33.0%
- Henry
- 21.5%
4 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
21.5%
Henry County, 16 miles
- Henry
- 21.5%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 396 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
99.4%
72.9 pts above Georgia
- Butts
- 99.4%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
19
Too few for a share
- Butts
- 19
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Butts 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
Butts County, At a glance
Butts County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Butts 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 Butts County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 15 reported tests for Butts County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.8 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Butts County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 15 tests were reported to CDC for Butts 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).
Butts County, Compared
Butts County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Butts County rests on 19 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 5.8 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.4 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Spalding County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 33.0%, and Henry County the smallest, 21.5%, with Newton County at 25.3% and Monroe County at 23.8% between. Farther out, Rockdale County (26 miles away) at 29.3%, Clayton County (29 miles away) at 19.1% and Jones County (29 miles away) at 26.5% 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 Butts 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.
Butts County, Geology
The ground under Butts County
PredictedMost of the ground under Butts County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 99.4% of its land is moderate radon potential, with 0.6% low. 99.4% of it lies in the area the map calls Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South), to which USGS gives a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South) | Schist, amphibolite and granite. | Moderate | 9 | 99.4% |
| Little River Thrust Stack | Biotite and amphibolite gneiss, granite gneiss, mica schist. | Low | 7 | 0.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Butts County beside the ground around it
Butts County has more moderate-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 99.4% of its land against 26.5%. Of the 6 counties that border it, 4 have more moderate-potential ground, Henry County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Butts County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Butts 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
Butts County, Questions
Questions about radon in Butts County
Are radon levels high in Butts County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 6.7% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Butts County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.8 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Spalding County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 33.0%, and Henry County the smallest, 21.5%, with Newton County at 25.3% and Monroe County at 23.8% between.
Which counties border Butts County?
Butts County borders 6 counties: Henry County, Jasper County, Newton County, Lamar County, Spalding County and Monroe County.
Products
Butts County, Products
Testing a home in Butts County
No CDC figure names Butts County; the nearest county with one, Henry County (16 miles away), reported 21.5% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Butts County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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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Butts County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Butts County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Lamar CountyEPA zone 2
60.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 8.0 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in Spalding CountyEPA zone 2
33.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.9 pCi/L · 97 tests
- Radon levels in Newton CountyEPA zone 2
25.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 174 tests
- Radon levels in Monroe CountyEPA zone 2
23.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 235 tests
- Radon levels in Henry CountyEPA zone 2
21.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 396 tests
- Radon levels in Jasper CountyEPA zone 2
19.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 26 tests
Butts County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Butts County
Butts County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 27,218 residents on July 1, 2025, up 6.5% from 25,549 in 2020. That works out to 148 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Jackson, has 5,884 residents, 21.6% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 25.8% of those residents; the other 74.2% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 19 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.7 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Jackson to Jenkinsburg, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Butts County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 5,884 | +5.9% | 21.6% |
| Flovilla | 705 | +7.8% | 2.6% |
| Jenkinsburg | 422 | +7.9% | 1.6% |
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).
Butts County, Homes
Homes in Butts County
Butts County is a place of houses on their own lots: 81% of its 9,640 homes are detached single-family houses, against 66% across Georgia. Half of its homes were built before 1994, close to Georgia's 1991: 11% date from before 1960 and 35% from 2000 or later. 71% 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 | Butts County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,640 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 81% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 7% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 6% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 11% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 35% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1994 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 71% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.