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In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Mitchell County, Georgia
EPA puts Mitchell County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is on file with CDC (2007 to 2016, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
0.0%
Dougherty County
- Dougherty
- 0.0%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
0.0%
Dougherty County, 21 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
- Mitchell
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Mitchell
- 1
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Mitchell 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
Mitchell County, At a glance
Mitchell 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 Mitchell County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Mitchell County over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, a result of 1.3 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Mitchell County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Mitchell County over 2007 to 2016 (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: 2007 to 2016, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2016 (every CDC figure on file).
Mitchell County, Compared
Mitchell County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Mitchell County rests on 1 test over the 2007 to 2016 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 1.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.3 pCi/L.
Dougherty County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Houston County (90 miles away) at 8.2%, Muscogee County (97 miles away) at 2.1% and Harris County (112 miles away) at 10.9% 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 Mitchell 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.
Mitchell County, Geology
The ground under Mitchell County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Mitchell 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.
Mitchell County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Mitchell 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
Mitchell County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Mitchell 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
Mitchell County, Questions
Questions about radon in Mitchell County
Are radon levels high in Mitchell County?
Over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Mitchell County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.3 pCi/L. Dougherty County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Mitchell County?
Mitchell County borders 7 counties: Dougherty County, Baker County, Colquitt County, Worth County, Grady County, Thomas County and Decatur County.
Products
Mitchell County, Products
Testing a home in Mitchell County
No CDC figure names Mitchell County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (21 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 Mitchell 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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- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Mitchell County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Mitchell County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Thomas CountyEPA zone 3
15.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.7 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Dougherty CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 32 tests
- Radon levels in Colquitt CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Decatur CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 4 tests
- Radon levels in Baker CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Worth CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Grady CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Mitchell County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Mitchell County
Mitchell County has been losing residents: from 21,676 in 2020 to 20,467 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 5.6% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 40 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Camilla, has 4,988 residents, 24.4% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2007 to 2016, or under 0.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.6.
From Camilla to Sale City, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Mitchell County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camilla | 4,988 | −3.5% | 24.4% |
| Pelham | 3,359 | −3.6% | 16.4% |
| Meigsextends beyond Mitchell County | 956 | +3.1% | Counted whole |
| Baconton | 834 | −2.0% | 4.1% |
| Sale City | 350 | −1.1% | 1.7% |
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). A place that extends beyond Mitchell County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Mitchell County, Homes
Homes in Mitchell County
Of Mitchell County's 9,042 homes, 63% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 20% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1979 (1991 for Georgia), and 21% date from before 1960. 65% 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 | Mitchell County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,042 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 63% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 6% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 20% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 21% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 65% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.