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 Lowndes County, Georgia
EPA puts Lowndes County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 9 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
Nearest county
0.0%
Dougherty County, 74 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
- Lowndes
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
19
Too few for a share
- Lowndes
- 19
- Needed
- 30
2006 to 2015, 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 Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, At a glance
Lowndes 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 Lowndes County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 9 reported tests for Lowndes County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Lowndes County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 9 tests were reported to CDC for Lowndes 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).
Lowndes County, Compared
Lowndes County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Lowndes County rests on 19 tests over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, 0 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 2.9 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.2 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Dougherty County (74 miles away) at 0.0%, Laurens County (114 miles away) at 16.1% and Houston County (114 miles away) at 8.2%. 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 Lowndes 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.
Lowndes County, Geology
The ground under Lowndes County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Lowndes 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.
Lowndes County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lowndes 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
Lowndes County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lowndes County
Are radon levels high in Lowndes County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lowndes County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 155 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Lowndes County?
Lowndes County borders 7 counties: Lanier County, GA, Brooks County, GA, Echols County, GA, Cook County, GA, Berrien County, GA, Hamilton County, FL and Madison County, FL.
Products
Lowndes County, Products
Testing a home in Lowndes County
No CDC figure names Lowndes County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (74 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 Lowndes 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
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Lowndes County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lowndes County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Madison County, FLEPA zone 3
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 8 tests
- Radon levels in Brooks County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 3 tests
- Radon levels in Cook County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Berrien County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Lanier County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Echols County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Hamilton County, FLEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Lowndes County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lowndes County
The Census Bureau estimates 122,867 residents in Lowndes County for July 1, 2025, 4,431 more than in 2020 (+3.7%). That works out to 247 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Valdosta, has 56,186 residents, 45.7% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 51.7% of those residents; the other 48.3% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 19 tests over 2006 to 2015, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.5.
From Valdosta to Dasher, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lowndes County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdosta | 56,186 | +1.4% | 45.7% |
| Hahira | 3,595 | +6.1% | 2.9% |
| Lake Park | 1,559 | +60.4% | 1.3% |
| Remerton | 1,291 | −3.1% | 1.1% |
| Dasher | 941 | +5.3% | 0.8% |
5 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).
Lowndes County, Homes
Homes in Lowndes County
Of Lowndes County's 50,323 homes, 69% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 15% are in buildings of five or more homes. Half of its homes were built before 1992, close to Georgia's 1991: 11% date from before 1960 and 34% from 2000 or later. 56% 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 | Lowndes County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 50,323 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 69% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 15% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 8% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 11% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 34% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1992 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 56% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.