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 Echols County, Georgia
EPA puts Echols County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. 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, 97 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
- Echols
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
0
None published
A home here needs its own test
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 Echols 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
Echols County, At a glance
Echols 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Echols County. Dougherty County, 97 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Echols County, Compared
Echols County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411Echols County has no radon test figure of its own from CDC, whose counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals name 137 other Georgia counties and leave it out. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.
The nearest counties with a figure are Dougherty County (97 miles away) at 0.0%, Laurens County (121 miles away) at 16.1% and Houston County (129 miles away) at 8.2%. 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 Echols 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.
Echols County, Geology
The ground under Echols County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Echols County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 98.3% 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 | 98.3% |
| Coastal Plain | Quaternary and Pleistocene-Pliocene coastal sand and gravel, lagoon and marsh clay and silt. | Low | 7 | 1.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Echols County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Echols County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Columbia County, FL the most at 22.7%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Echols County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Echols 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
Echols County, Questions
Questions about radon in Echols County
Are radon levels high in Echols County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Echols County, Georgia yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 170 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Echols County?
Echols County borders 5 counties: Clinch County, GA, Hamilton County, FL, Lanier County, GA, Lowndes County, GA and Columbia County, FL.
Products
Echols County, Products
Testing a home in Echols County
No CDC figure names Echols County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (97 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 Echols 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
MonitorAranet
Radon One battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Echols County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Echols County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Clinch County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Lowndes County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 17 tests
- Radon levels in Columbia County, FLEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 21 tests
- Radon levels in Hamilton County, FLEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Lanier County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Echols County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Echols County
About 3,685 people live in Echols County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 31 fewer than in 2020 (−0.8%). Spread over its land, that is 8.8 people to the square mile. Echols County, its one incorporated place, has 3,685 residents, 100.0% of the total. CDC publishes no radon test count for Echols County; across Georgia its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 2.6 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Echols County is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Echols County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echols County | 3,685 | −0.8% | 100.0% |
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).
Echols County, Homes
Homes in Echols County
Mobile homes are 47% of Echols County's 1,474 homes and detached houses 48%, against 66% across Georgia. Half of its homes were built before 1990, close to Georgia's 1991: 8% date from before 1960 and 24% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 77% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Echols County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,474 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 48% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | under 1% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 47% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 8% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 24% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1990 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 77% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.