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Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
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In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Chattooga County, Georgia
EPA puts Chattooga County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
19.2%
Walker County
- Walker
- 19.2%
- DeKalb
- 9.5%
3 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
17.1%
Floyd County, 16 miles
- Floyd
- 17.1%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 117 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Chattooga
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
15
Too few for a share
- Chattooga
- 15
- 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 Chattooga 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
Chattooga County, At a glance
Chattooga 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 Chattooga County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 15 reported tests for Chattooga County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 5.0 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Chattooga County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 15 tests were reported to CDC for Chattooga 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).
Chattooga County, Compared
Chattooga County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Chattooga County rests on 15 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 9 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 16.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 5.0 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Walker County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 19.2%, and DeKalb County, AL the smallest, 9.5%, with Floyd County at 17.1% between. Farther out, Gordon County (27 miles away) at 34.4%, Whitfield County (31 miles away) at 16.8% and Catoosa County (32 miles away) at 17.9% 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 Chattooga 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.
Chattooga County, Geology
The ground under Chattooga County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Chattooga County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Rome-Kingston Thrust Stack, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome-Kingston Thrust Stack | Limestone and shale. | 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.
Chattooga County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Chattooga County's is. Of the 4 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Cherokee County, AL the most at 8.2%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Chattooga County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Chattooga 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
Chattooga County, Questions
Questions about radon in Chattooga County
Are radon levels high in Chattooga County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 60.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Chattooga County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 5.0 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Walker County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 19.2%, and DeKalb County, AL the smallest, 9.5%, with Floyd County at 17.1% between.
Which counties border Chattooga County?
Chattooga County borders 4 counties: Floyd County, GA, DeKalb County, AL, Walker County, GA and Cherokee County, AL.
Products
Chattooga County, Products
Testing a home in Chattooga County
No CDC figure names Chattooga County; the nearest county with one, Floyd County (16 miles away), reported 17.1% 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 Chattooga 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
Monitor
Corentium Home battery digital radon detector
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Approved
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
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Chattooga County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Chattooga County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Walker County, GAEPA zone 2
19.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 52 tests
- Radon levels in Floyd County, GAEPA zone 2
17.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 117 tests
- Radon levels in Cherokee County, ALEPA zone 2
10.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in DeKalb County, ALEPA zone 2
9.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 63 tests
Chattooga County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Chattooga County
The Census Bureau estimates 25,300 residents in Chattooga County for July 1, 2025, 373 more than in 2020 (+1.5%). That works out to 81 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Summerville, the largest, has 4,440 residents, 17.5% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 29.0% of those residents; the other 71.0% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 15 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Summerville to Lyerly, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Chattooga County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerville | 4,440 | +1.0% | 17.5% |
| Trion | 1,972 | +0.4% | 7.8% |
| Menlo | 475 | +1.1% | 1.9% |
| Lyerly | 460 | +1.1% | 1.8% |
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).
Chattooga County, Homes
Homes in Chattooga County
Of Chattooga County's 10,883 homes, 70% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 19% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1977 (1991 for Georgia), and 27% date from before 1960. 67% 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 | Chattooga County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 10,883 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 70% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 19% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 27% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 67% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.