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RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
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Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Schley County, Georgia
EPA puts Schley County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 5 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
2.1%
Muscogee County, 37 miles
- Muscogee
- 2.1%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 95 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Schley
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
5
Too few for a share
- Schley
- 5
- 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 Schley 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
Schley County, At a glance
Schley 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 Schley County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 5 reported tests for Schley County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Schley County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Schley 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: 2006 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Schley County, Compared
Schley County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Schley County rests on 5 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 20.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.5 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Muscogee County (37 miles away) at 2.1%, Houston County (40 miles away) at 8.2% and Harris County (48 miles away) at 10.9%. 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 Schley 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.
Schley County, Geology
The ground under Schley County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Schley 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.
Schley County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Schley County's is. None of the 4 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Schley County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Schley 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
Schley County, Questions
Questions about radon in Schley County
Are radon levels high in Schley County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Schley County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 69 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 27.9%.
Which counties border Schley County?
Schley County borders 4 counties: Marion County, Sumter County, Macon County and Taylor County.
Products
Schley County, Products
Testing a home in Schley County
No CDC figure names Schley County; the nearest county with one, Muscogee County (37 miles away), reported 2.1% 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 Schley County.
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
Monitor
EcoQube Flex battery digital radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Alarm
- Screen, app
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 15 minutes
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Schley County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Schley County
Calculated by Radon411- 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 Marion CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Macon CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 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.
Schley County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Schley County
The Census Bureau estimates 4,593 residents in Schley County for July 1, 2025, 56 more than in 2020 (+1.2%). That works out to 28 people per square mile of land. Ellaville, its one incorporated place, has 1,529 residents, 33.3% of the total. Reported testing is thin here: 5 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 1.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
Ellaville is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Schley County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellaville | 1,529 | −3.5% | 33.3% |
One incorporated place, 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).
Schley County, Homes
Homes in Schley County
Of Schley County's 1,985 homes, 60% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 35% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1993, close to Georgia's 1991: 12% date from before 1960 and 34% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 79% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Schley County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,985 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 60% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 35% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 12% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 34% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1993 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 79% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.