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Radon Levels in Early County, Georgia
EPA puts Early 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, 43 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
- Early
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Early
- 3
- 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 Early 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
Early County, At a glance
Early 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 Early County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for Early 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). Early County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for Early 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).
Early County, Compared
Early County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Early County rests on 3 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 5.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Dougherty County (43 miles away) at 0.0%, Muscogee County (82 miles away) at 2.1% and Harris County (97 miles away) at 10.9%. 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 Early 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.
Early County, Geology
The ground under Early County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Early 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.
Early County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Early County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Henry County, AL the most at 1.2%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Early County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Early 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
Early County, Questions
Questions about radon in Early County
Are radon levels high in Early County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 50.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Early County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.8 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 138 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 33.0%.
Which counties border Early County?
Early County borders 7 counties: Miller County, GA, Calhoun County, GA, Baker County, GA, Seminole County, GA, Houston County, AL, Clay County, GA and Henry County, AL.
Products
Early County, Products
Testing a home in Early County
No CDC figure names Early County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (43 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 Early County.
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Early County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Early County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Houston County, ALEPA zone 3
30.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 10 tests
- Radon levels in Calhoun County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Clay County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Henry County, ALEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Miller County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Baker County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Seminole County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Early County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Early County
About 10,455 people live in Early County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 338 fewer than in 2020 (−3.1%). That works out to 20 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Blakely, has 5,156 residents, 49.3% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Blakely to Jakin, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Early County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely | 5,156 | −3.5% | 49.3% |
| Arlingtonextends beyond Early County | 1,126 | −6.6% | Counted whole |
| Damascus | 200 | −5.7% | 1.9% |
| Jakin | 134 | −3.6% | 1.3% |
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). A place that extends beyond Early County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Early County, Homes
Homes in Early County
Of Early County's 4,933 homes, 67% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 28% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 20% date from before 1960 and 19% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Early County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,933 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 67% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 28% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 20% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.