Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Dade County, Georgia
EPA puts Dade County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 17 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
29.6%
Marion County
- Marion
- 29.6%
- DeKalb
- 9.5%
5 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
19.2%
Walker County, 14 miles
- Walker
- 19.2%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 52 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
10.4%
16.1 pts below Georgia
- Dade
- 10.4%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
22
Too few for a share
- Dade
- 22
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Dade 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
Dade County, At a glance
Dade County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 90% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Dade County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 17 reported tests for Dade County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Dade County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 17 tests were reported to CDC for Dade 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).
Dade County, Compared
Dade County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Dade County rests on 22 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 6 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 4.5 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 11.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.4 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Marion County, TN reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 29.6%, and DeKalb County, AL the smallest, 9.5%, with Walker County at 19.2%, Hamilton County, TN at 18.8% and Jackson County, AL at 17.4% between. Farther out, Catoosa County (21 miles away) at 17.9%, Whitfield County (31 miles away) at 16.8% and Gordon County (43 miles away) at 34.4% 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 Dade County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 90% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Dade County, Geology
The ground under Dade County
PredictedMost of the ground under Dade County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 89.6% of its land is low radon potential, with 10.3% high and 0.1% moderate. The map puts 64.0% of Dade County in the area it calls Rome-Kingston Thrust Stack and 25.6% in Appalachian Plateau, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives both 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 | 64.0% |
| Appalachian Plateau | Limestone, sandstone, carbonaceous shale, coal | Low | 8 | 25.6% |
| Interior Low Plateaus | Mississippian carbonate rocks and shales. | High | 12 | 10.3% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Dade County beside the ground around it
Dade County has more high-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 10.3% of its land against none. Of the 5 counties that border it, 3 have more high-potential ground, Jackson County, AL the most at 84.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Dade County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Dade 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
Dade County, Questions
Questions about radon in Dade County
Are radon levels high in Dade County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 17.6% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Dade County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.5 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 5 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Marion County, TN reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 29.6%, and DeKalb County, AL the smallest, 9.5%, with Walker County at 19.2%, Hamilton County, TN at 18.8% and Jackson County, AL at 17.4% between.
Which counties border Dade County?
Dade County borders 5 counties: Walker County, GA, DeKalb County, AL, Marion County, TN, Jackson County, AL and Hamilton County, TN.
Products
Dade County, Products
Testing a home in Dade County
No CDC figure names Dade County; the nearest county with one, Walker County (14 miles away), reported 19.2% 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 Dade 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
RM-63Pro rechargeable radon monitor with a touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Dade County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Dade County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Marion County, TNEPA zone 2
29.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.8 pCi/L · 71 tests
- 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 Hamilton County, TNEPA zone 2
18.8%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 1,095 tests
- Radon levels in Jackson County, ALEPA zone 1
17.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 242 tests
- Radon levels in DeKalb County, ALEPA zone 2
9.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 63 tests
Dade County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Dade County
Dade County's population has barely moved since 2020: 16,154 residents on July 1, 2025 against 16,233 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 93 people per square mile of land. Trenton, its one incorporated place, has 2,236 residents, 13.8% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 22 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 1.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
Trenton is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Dade County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton | 2,236 | +2.3% | 13.8% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Dade County, Homes
Homes in Dade County
Of Dade County's 7,413 homes, 74% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 18% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Georgia's 1991: 11% date from before 1960 and 28% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 78% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Dade County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,413 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 74% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 18% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 11% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 28% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 78% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.