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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Macon County, Georgia
EPA puts Macon County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 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
8.2%
Houston County
- Houston
- 8.2%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
8.2%
Houston County, 23 miles
- Houston
- 8.2%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 61 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Macon
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Macon
- 3
- 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 Macon 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
Macon County, At a glance
Macon 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 Macon County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Macon County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Macon County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Macon 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).
Macon County, Compared
Macon County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Macon County rests on 3 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 5.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.3 pCi/L.
Houston County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 8.2% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Bibb County (37 miles away) at 0.0%, Monroe County (46 miles away) at 23.8% and Muscogee County (50 miles away) at 2.1% 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 Macon 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.
Macon County, Geology
The ground under Macon County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Macon 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.
Macon County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Macon County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Crawford County the most at 0.1%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Macon County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Macon 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
Macon County, Questions
Questions about radon in Macon County
Are radon levels high in Macon County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 33.3% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Macon County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Houston County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 8.2% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Macon County?
Macon County borders 7 counties: Schley County, Dooly County, Taylor County, Sumter County, Peach County, Crawford County and Houston County.
Products
Macon County, Products
Testing a home in Macon County
No CDC figure names Macon County; the nearest county with one, Houston County (23 miles away), reported 8.2% 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 Macon County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
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Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Radon One battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
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- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
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First reading: Within 10 minutes
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Macon County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Macon County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Peach CountyEPA zone 3
100.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.4 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Sumter CountyEPA zone 3
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.7 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Crawford CountyEPA zone 3
14.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Houston CountyEPA zone 3
8.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 61 tests
- Radon levels in Schley CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Dooly CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Taylor CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Macon County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Macon County
About 11,756 people live in Macon County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 262 fewer than in 2020 (−2.2%). That works out to 29 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Montezuma, has 2,879 residents, 24.5% of the total. Together its 4 incorporated places hold 44.3% of those residents; the other 55.7% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 3 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Montezuma to Ideal, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Macon County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montezuma | 2,879 | −5.3% | 24.5% |
| Marshallville | 978 | −5.5% | 8.3% |
| Oglethorpe | 955 | −3.9% | 8.1% |
| Ideal | 391 | −2.5% | 3.3% |
4 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).
Macon County, Homes
Homes in Macon County
Of Macon County's 5,148 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 26% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1979 (1991 for Georgia), and 23% date from before 1960. 61% 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 | Macon County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,148 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 65% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 26% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 23% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 13% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.