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Radon Levels in Jenkins County, Georgia

EPA puts Jenkins 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.

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  • Nearest county

    0.0%

    Richmond County, 40 miles

    Richmond
    0.0%
    Georgia
    23.9%

    Share at 4+ pCi/L, 35 tests, 2007 to 2016

  • Ground above low

    None

    26.5 pts below Georgia

    Jenkins
    0.0%
    Georgia
    26.5%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    1

    Too few for a share

    Jenkins
    1
    Needed
    30

    2008 to 2017, laboratory

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 3

    Lower potential

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. Zone 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors

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Starts at EPA's action level

4.0pCi/L

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

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 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.

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The data

Jenkins County, At a glance

Jenkins County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Jenkins County as a whole is an average indoor of less than 2 pCi/L (less than 75 Bq/m³). A low zone clears no address in it: homes above EPA's turn up in all three zones.

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 Jenkins County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory

CDC holds 1 reported test for Jenkins County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Jenkins County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.

What these figures count

Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Jenkins 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).

How to read these figures

Jenkins County, Compared

Jenkins County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's largest figure for Jenkins 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 0.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.

The nearest counties with a figure are Richmond County (40 miles away) at 0.0%, Columbia County (55 miles away) at 9.7% and Laurens County (60 miles away) at 16.1%. 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 Jenkins 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.

Georgia, the United States and the counties around Jenkins County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Georgia, pooled137 counties, pooled29,45523.9%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,666 counties, pooled1,939,02535.8%Not pooled
Barrow Countyhighest in the state34151.0%4.0 pCi/L
Dougherty Countylowest in the state320.0%0.6 pCi/L
Emanuel County, GAborders it10.0%0.7 pCi/L
Burke County, GAborders it40.0%0.9 pCi/L
Bulloch County, GAborders it220.0%0.4 pCi/L
Screven County, GAborders it50.0%0.7 pCi/L
The nearest Georgia counties to Jenkins County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Richmond County40 mi350.0%1.3 pCi/L
Columbia County55 mi729.7%0.8 pCi/L
Laurens County60 mi3116.1%0.9 pCi/L
Chatham County73 mi470.0%0.6 pCi/L
Greene County88 mi6616.7%1.6 pCi/L
Putnam County90 mi3327.3%2.2 pCi/L
Jones County94 mi3426.5%2.0 pCi/L
Oglethorpe County99 mi9629.2%2.3 pCi/L
Jenkins County ten-year laboratory totals, against Georgia's pooled share
PeriodTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedianHighestGeorgia, pooledChange from the row before
2008 to 201710.0%0.1 pCi/L0.1 pCi/L24.8%Level
2007 to 201610.0%0.1 pCi/L0.1 pCi/L23.9%Level
2006 to 201510.0%0.1 pCi/L0.1 pCi/L23.7%Level
2005 to 201410.0%0.1 pCi/L0.1 pCi/L23.2%First on file

Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.

Jenkins County, Geology

The ground under Jenkins County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Jenkins 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).

USGS's geologic areas under Jenkins County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Coastal PlainCretaceous and Tertiary marine and coastal sediments including limestone, sandstone, sand, silt, and clay. Coastal plan sands containing glauconite may generate locally elevated radon.Low8100%

Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.

Jenkins County beside the ground around it

Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Jenkins County's is. None of the 4 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Jenkins County, the 4 counties bordering it and Georgia
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Jenkins CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Screven CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Burke CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Emanuel CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Bulloch CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Georgia159 counties, pooled by land areaVaries73.1%26.5%None

The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.

Local help

Jenkins County, Local resources

Radon testing and mitigation in Jenkins County

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

Jenkins County, Questions

Questions about radon in Jenkins County

Are radon levels high in Jenkins County?

Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Jenkins County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 99 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 29.2%.

Which counties border Jenkins County?

Jenkins County borders 4 counties: Screven County, Burke County, Emanuel County and Bulloch County.

Products

Jenkins County, Products

Testing a home in Jenkins County

No CDC figure names Jenkins County; the nearest county with one, Richmond County (40 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 Jenkins County.

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Jenkins County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Jenkins County

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Jenkins County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Jenkins County

The Census Bureau estimates 8,843 residents in Jenkins County for July 1, 2025, 183 more than in 2020 (+2.1%). That works out to 25 people per square mile of land. Millen, its one incorporated place, has 2,952 residents, 33.4% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.

Millen is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Jenkins County's.

Millen, Jenkins County: residents on July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Millen2,952+0.4%33.4%

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).

Jenkins County, Homes

Homes in Jenkins County

Of Jenkins County's 4,427 homes, 63% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 29% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1979 (1991 for Georgia), and 20% date from before 1960. Owners live in 87% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.

Homes in Jenkins County, Georgia, 2019 to 2023
HomesJenkins CountyGeorgia
Housing units4,4274,483,873
Detached houses63%66%
In buildings of 5 or more2%16%
Mobile homes29%8%
Built before 196020%12%
Built since 200015%33%
Middle year built19791991
Owner-occupied87%65%

Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.