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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Emanuel County, Georgia
EPA puts Emanuel County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is 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
16.1%
Laurens County
- Laurens
- 16.1%
1 of 11 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
16.1%
Laurens County, 37 miles
- Laurens
- 16.1%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 31 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Emanuel
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Emanuel
- 1
- 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 Emanuel 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
Emanuel County, At a glance
Emanuel 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 Emanuel County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Emanuel County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Emanuel County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Emanuel 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).
Emanuel County, Compared
Emanuel County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Emanuel County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 100.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.7 pCi/L.
Laurens County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 16.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Richmond County (55 miles away) at 0.0%, Columbia County (66 miles away) at 9.7% and Jones County (79 miles away) at 26.5% 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 Emanuel 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.
Emanuel County, Geology
The ground under Emanuel County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Emanuel 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.
Emanuel County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Emanuel County's is. None of the 11 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Emanuel County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Emanuel 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
Emanuel County, Questions
Questions about radon in Emanuel County
Are radon levels high in Emanuel County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Emanuel County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.7 pCi/L. Laurens County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 16.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Emanuel County?
Emanuel County borders 11 counties: Candler County, Treutlen County, Johnson County, Jenkins County, Montgomery County, Jefferson County, Toombs County, Bulloch County, Laurens County, Tattnall County and Burke County.
Products
Emanuel County, Products
Testing a home in Emanuel County
No CDC figure names Emanuel County; the nearest county with one, Laurens County (37 miles away), reported 16.1% 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 Emanuel County.
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Emanuel County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Emanuel County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Laurens CountyEPA zone 3
16.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 31 tests
- Radon levels in Treutlen CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.2 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Johnson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Jenkins CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Jefferson CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Toombs CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Bulloch CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.4 pCi/L · 22 tests
- Radon levels in Burke CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Candler CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Montgomery CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Tattnall CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Emanuel County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Emanuel County
The Census Bureau estimates 23,147 residents in Emanuel County for July 1, 2025, 271 more than in 2020 (+1.2%). That works out to 34 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Swainsboro, has 7,436 residents, 32.1% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test 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 Swainsboro to Summertown, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Emanuel County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swainsboro | 7,436 | −1.7% | 32.1% |
| Twin City | 1,702 | +3.6% | 7.4% |
| Adrianextends beyond Emanuel County | 566 | +2.7% | Counted whole |
| Oak Park | 517 | +1.6% | 2.2% |
| Stillmore | 457 | +3.6% | 2.0% |
| Garfield | 249 | +0.4% | 1.1% |
| Nunez | 135 | +0.7% | 0.6% |
| Summertown | 122 | +1.7% | 0.5% |
8 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 Emanuel County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Emanuel County, Homes
Homes in Emanuel County
Of Emanuel County's 9,990 homes, 58% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 30% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1981 (1991 for Georgia), and 18% date from before 1960. 60% 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 | Emanuel County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,990 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 58% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 30% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 20% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1981 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 60% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.