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In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Meriwether County, Georgia
EPA puts Meriwether County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 22 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
33.0%
Spalding County
- Spalding
- 33.0%
- Harris
- 10.9%
4 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
27.9%
Troup County, 20 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
- Meriwether
- 100.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
25
Too few for a share
- Meriwether
- 25
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Meriwether 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
Meriwether County, At a glance
Meriwether County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Meriwether 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 Meriwether County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 22 reported tests for Meriwether County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.6 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Meriwether County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 22 tests were reported to CDC for Meriwether 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).
Meriwether County, Compared
Meriwether County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Meriwether County rests on 25 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 4.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 10.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.0 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Spalding County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 33.0%, and Harris County the smallest, 10.9%, with Troup County at 27.9% and Coweta County at 17.6% between. Farther out, Fayette County (28 miles away) at 30.8%, Muscogee County (38 miles away) at 2.1% and Clayton County (39 miles away) at 19.1% 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 Meriwether 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.
Meriwether County, Geology
The ground under Meriwether County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Meriwether 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.
Meriwether County beside the ground around it
Meriwether County has more moderate-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 100% of its land against 26.5%. Of the 7 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Coweta County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Meriwether County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Meriwether 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
Meriwether County, Questions
Questions about radon in Meriwether County
Are radon levels high in Meriwether County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 4.5% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Meriwether County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.6 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Spalding County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 33.0%, and Harris County the smallest, 10.9%, with Troup County at 27.9% and Coweta County at 17.6% between.
Which counties border Meriwether County?
Meriwether County borders 7 counties: Pike County, Coweta County, Troup County, Talbot County, Upson County, Harris County and Spalding County.
Products
Meriwether County, Products
Testing a home in Meriwether County
No CDC figure names Meriwether County; the nearest county with one, Troup County (20 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 Meriwether County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorPYZYCKYH
RD17 plug-in radon detector with a rechargeable battery and color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
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Meriwether County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Meriwether County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Pike CountyEPA zone 2
42.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.2 pCi/L · 26 tests
- Radon levels in Spalding CountyEPA zone 2
33.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.9 pCi/L · 97 tests
- Radon levels in Troup CountyEPA zone 2
27.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 61 tests
- Radon levels in Upson CountyEPA zone 2
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 15 tests
- Radon levels in Coweta CountyEPA zone 2
17.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 517 tests
- Radon levels in Harris CountyEPA zone 2
10.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 46 tests
- Radon levels in Talbot CountyEPA zone 2
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
Meriwether County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Meriwether County
The Census Bureau estimates 21,516 residents in Meriwether County for July 1, 2025, 906 more than in 2020 (+4.4%). That works out to 43 people per square mile of land. Manchester, the largest place on its list (3,594 residents in all), extends beyond Meriwether County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 25 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 1.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.2.
From Manchester to Gay, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Meriwether County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchesterextends beyond Meriwether County | 3,594 | Level | Counted whole |
| Pine Mountainextends beyond Meriwether County | 1,303 | +6.3% | Counted whole |
| Woodbury | 849 | −6.2% | 3.9% |
| Luthersville | 846 | +8.9% | 3.9% |
| Greenville | 823 | +3.4% | 3.8% |
| Warm Springs | 441 | −5.4% | 2.0% |
| Haralsonextends beyond Meriwether County | 196 | +5.4% | Counted whole |
| Lone Oak | 116 | +5.5% | 0.5% |
| Gay | 115 | +3.6% | 0.5% |
9 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). A place that extends beyond Meriwether County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Meriwether County, Homes
Homes in Meriwether County
Of Meriwether County's 9,642 homes, 69% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 24% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1984, close to Georgia's 1991: 22% date from before 1960 and 17% from 2000 or later. 70% 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,642 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 69% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 24% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 17% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1984 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 70% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.