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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Colquitt County, Georgia
EPA puts Colquitt 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
Nearest county
0.0%
Dougherty County, 36 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
- Colquitt
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
2
Too few for a share
- Colquitt
- 2
- 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 Colquitt 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
Colquitt County, At a glance
Colquitt 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 Colquitt County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Colquitt County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Colquitt County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Colquitt 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: 2006 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Colquitt County, Compared
Colquitt County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Colquitt County rests on 2 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 50.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.8 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.5 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Dougherty County (36 miles away) at 0.0%, Houston County (88 miles away) at 8.2% and Laurens County (101 miles away) at 16.1%. 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 Colquitt 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.
Colquitt County, Geology
The ground under Colquitt County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Colquitt 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.
Colquitt County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Colquitt 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
Colquitt County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Colquitt 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
Colquitt County, Questions
Questions about radon in Colquitt County
Are radon levels high in Colquitt County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Colquitt County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 127 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Colquitt County?
Colquitt County borders 6 counties: Cook County, Tift County, Mitchell County, Brooks County, Worth County and Thomas County.
Products
Colquitt County, Products
Testing a home in Colquitt County
No CDC figure names Colquitt County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (36 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 Colquitt County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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- Battery
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Colquitt County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Colquitt County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Thomas CountyEPA zone 3
15.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Cook CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Tift CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in Mitchell CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Brooks CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Worth CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Colquitt County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Colquitt County
The Census Bureau estimates 47,438 residents in Colquitt County for July 1, 2025, 1,530 more than in 2020 (+3.3%). That works out to 87 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Moultrie, has 14,973 residents, 31.6% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 2 tests over 2008 to 2017, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Moultrie to Ellenton, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Colquitt County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moultrie | 14,973 | +2.3% | 31.6% |
| Omegaextends beyond Colquitt County | 1,341 | +1.7% | Counted whole |
| Norman Park | 1,007 | +4.1% | 2.1% |
| Doerun | 737 | −0.1% | 1.6% |
| Berlin | 529 | +3.9% | 1.1% |
| Funston | 427 | +4.4% | 0.9% |
| Ellenton | 220 | +4.3% | 0.5% |
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 Colquitt County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Colquitt County, Homes
Homes in Colquitt County
Of Colquitt County's 19,288 homes, 59% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 26% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1987, close to Georgia's 1991: 18% date from before 1960 and 24% from 2000 or later. 63% 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 | Colquitt County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 19,288 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 59% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 26% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1987 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 63% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.