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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Pike County, Georgia
EPA puts Pike County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 26 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%
1 of 4 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
33.0%
Spalding County, 13 miles
- Spalding
- 33.0%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 97 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
100.0%
73.5 pts above Georgia
- Pike
- 100.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
26
Too few for a share
- Pike
- 26
- Needed
- 30
2008 to 2017, 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 Pike 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
Pike County, At a glance
Pike County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Pike 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 Pike County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 26 reported tests for Pike County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.2 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Pike County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 26 tests were reported to CDC for Pike 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).
Pike County, Compared
Pike County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Pike County rests on 26 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 10 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 3.8 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 15.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.2 pCi/L.
Spalding County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 33.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Fayette County (23 miles away) at 30.8%, Monroe County (28 miles away) at 23.8% and Coweta County (28 miles away) at 17.6% 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 Pike 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.
Pike County, Geology
The ground under Pike County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Pike 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.
Pike County beside the ground around it
Pike County has more moderate-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 100% of its land against 26.5%. Of the 4 counties that border it, none has as large a share of moderate-potential ground; Lamar County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Pike County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Pike 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
Pike County, Questions
Questions about radon in Pike County
Are radon levels high in Pike County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 38.5% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Pike County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.2 pCi/L. Spalding County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 33.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Pike County?
Pike County borders 4 counties: Lamar County, Spalding County, Upson County and Meriwether County.
Products
Pike County, Products
Testing a home in Pike County
No CDC figure names Pike County; the nearest county with one, Spalding County (13 miles away), reported 33.0% 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. In Zone 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Pike County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
View Radon Wi-Fi radon monitor with an e-paper display
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- Battery
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
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Pike County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Pike County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Lamar CountyEPA zone 2
60.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 8.0 pCi/L · 10 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 Upson CountyEPA zone 2
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 15 tests
- Radon levels in Meriwether CountyEPA zone 2
4.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 22 tests
Pike County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Pike County
Pike County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 20,932 residents on July 1, 2025, up 10.5% from 18,948 in 2020. That works out to 97 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Zebulon, the largest, has 1,358 residents, 6.5% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 15.6% of those residents; the other 84.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 26 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 1.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Zebulon to Meansville, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Pike County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zebulon | 1,358 | +10.9% | 6.5% |
| Williamson | 765 | +11.2% | 3.7% |
| Molena | 432 | +10.2% | 2.1% |
| Concord | 420 | +10.2% | 2.0% |
| Meansville | 288 | +9.9% | 1.4% |
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).
Pike County, Homes
Homes in Pike County
Pike County is a place of houses on their own lots: 84% of its 7,262 homes are detached single-family houses, against 66% across Georgia. Half of its homes were built before 1993, close to Georgia's 1991: 16% date from before 1960 and 37% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 85% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Pike County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 7,262 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 84% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 10% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 16% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 37% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1993 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 85% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.