Short-term kit
RA100 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Heard County, Georgia
EPA puts Heard County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 19 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
37.6%
Carroll County
- Carroll
- 37.6%
- Coweta
- 17.6%
3 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
27.9%
Troup County, 19 miles
- Troup
- 27.9%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 61 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
100.0%
73.5 pts above Georgia
- Heard
- 100.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
19
Too few for a share
- Heard
- 19
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Heard 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
Heard County, At a glance
Heard County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Heard County is a
USGS geologic potential: Moderate across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Heard County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 19 reported tests for Heard County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.8 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Heard County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 19 tests were reported to CDC for Heard 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).
Heard County, Compared
Heard County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Heard County rests on 19 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 5 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 13.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.8 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Carroll County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 37.6%, and Coweta County the smallest, 17.6%, with Troup County at 27.9% between. Farther out, Douglas County (35 miles away) at 44.5%, Fayette County (38 miles away) at 30.8% and Harris County (41 miles away) at 10.9% 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 Heard County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land moderate radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Heard County, Geology
The ground under Heard County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Heard County's mapped land in one class: moderate radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South), to which USGS gives a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South) | Schist, amphibolite and granite. | Moderate | 9 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Heard County beside the ground around it
Heard County has more moderate-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 100% of its land against 26.5%. Of the 4 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Randolph County, AL the most at 13.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Heard County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Heard 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
Heard County, Questions
Questions about radon in Heard County
Are radon levels high in Heard County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 26.3% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Heard County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.8 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Carroll County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 37.6%, and Coweta County the smallest, 17.6%, with Troup County at 27.9% between.
Which counties border Heard County?
Heard County borders 4 counties: Carroll County, GA, Randolph County, AL, Troup County, GA and Coweta County, GA.
Products
Heard County, Products
Testing a home in Heard County
No CDC figure names Heard County; the nearest county with one, Troup County (19 miles away), reported 27.9% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Heard County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorForensics Detectors
FD-65-RADON rechargeable radon detector with a color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Heard County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Heard County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Randolph County, ALEPA zone 2
42.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.5 pCi/L · 14 tests
- Radon levels in Carroll County, GAEPA zone 2
37.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 165 tests
- Radon levels in Troup County, GAEPA zone 2
27.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 61 tests
- Radon levels in Coweta County, GAEPA zone 2
17.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 517 tests
Heard County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Heard County
Heard County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 12,149 residents on July 1, 2025, up 6.2% from 11,445 in 2020. That works out to 41 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Franklin, the largest, has 999 residents, 8.2% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 15.4% of those residents; the other 84.6% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 19 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 1.6 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Franklin to Centralhatchee, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Heard County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 999 | +3.4% | 8.2% |
| Ephesus | 497 | +7.6% | 4.1% |
| Centralhatchee | 369 | +11.5% | 3.0% |
3 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).
Heard County, Homes
Homes in Heard County
Of Heard County's 4,797 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 29% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 18% date from before 1960 and 18% from 2000 or later. 72% 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 | Heard County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 4,797 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 29% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.