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 Jeff Davis County, Georgia
EPA puts Jeff Davis 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
16.1%
Laurens County, 48 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
- Jeff Davis
- 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 Jeff Davis 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
Jeff Davis County, At a glance
Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County. Laurens County, 48 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals.
Jeff Davis County, Compared
Jeff Davis County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No CDC figure names Jeff Davis County, in any year or ten-year total; over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, the agency's counts reach 137 Georgia counties without it. 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 Laurens County (48 miles away) at 16.1%, Houston County (75 miles away) at 8.2% and Chatham County (89 miles away) at 0.0%. 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 Jeff Davis 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.
Jeff Davis County, Geology
The ground under Jeff Davis County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Jeff Davis 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.
Jeff Davis County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Jeff Davis County's is. None of the 7 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Jeff Davis County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Jeff Davis 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
Jeff Davis County, Questions
Questions about radon in Jeff Davis County
Are radon levels high in Jeff Davis County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Jeff Davis County, Georgia yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 112 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Jeff Davis County?
Jeff Davis County borders 7 counties: Telfair County, Coffee County, Wheeler County, Appling County, Bacon County, Montgomery County and Toombs County.
Products
Jeff Davis County, Products
Testing a home in Jeff Davis County
No CDC figure names Jeff Davis County; the nearest county with one, Laurens County (48 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 Jeff Davis County.
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
Monitor
Wave Plus battery radon and air quality monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Jeff Davis County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Jeff Davis County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Telfair CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Coffee CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Wheeler CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 1 test
- 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 Appling CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Bacon 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.
Jeff Davis County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Jeff Davis County
The Census Bureau estimates 15,219 residents in Jeff Davis County for July 1, 2025, 419 more than in 2020 (+2.8%). That works out to 46 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Hazlehurst, has 4,172 residents, 27.4% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 28.7% of those residents; the other 71.3% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Jeff Davis County; across Georgia its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 2.6 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
From Hazlehurst to Denton, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Jeff Davis County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlehurst | 4,172 | +2.2% | 27.4% |
| Denton | 193 | +2.7% | 1.3% |
2 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).
Jeff Davis County, Homes
Homes in Jeff Davis County
Of Jeff Davis County's 6,379 homes, 58% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 35% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Georgia's 1991: 14% date from before 1960 and 19% from 2000 or later. 68% 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 | Jeff Davis County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,379 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 58% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 5% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 35% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 14% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 19% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 68% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.