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Radon Levels in Seminole County, Georgia

EPA puts Seminole County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone. Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.

Data checked By Radon411Methodology

  • Highest bordering

    6.1%

    Jackson County

    Jackson
    6.1%

    1 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016

  • Nearest county

    0.0%

    Dougherty County, 56 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

    Seminole
    0.0%
    Georgia
    26.5%

    Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential

  • Tests reported

    0

    None published

    A home here needs its own test

  • EPA radon zone

    Zone 3

    Lower potential

    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. Zone 3

    1 highest, 3 lowest

    EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors

Read a result for Seminole County

Starts at EPA's action level

4.0pCi/L

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

  1. Under 20 to 1.9 pCi/L
  2. 2 to 4consider a fix
  3. 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

Seminole County, At a glance

Seminole County at a glance

Predicted: EPA radon zone

EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential

is EPA's lowest class, and its forecast for Seminole County as a whole is an average indoor of less than 2 pCi/L (less than 75 Bq/m³). A low zone clears no address in it: homes above EPA's turn up in all three zones.

USGS geologic potential: Low across 100% of the county's area

Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones

Measured: tests reported to CDC

No CDC test figures here

CDC has published no radon test figures for Seminole County. Jackson County, FL, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 6.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.

How to read these figures

Seminole County, Compared

Seminole County radon figures, compared

Calculated by Radon411

CDC's county radon counts over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals cover 137 Georgia counties, and Seminole County is not among them: no year's figure and no ten-year laboratory total names it. Pooled across 137 Georgia counties, 23.9% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.8%.

Jackson County, FL, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 6.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Dougherty County (56 miles away) at 0.0%, Muscogee County (108 miles away) at 2.1% and Harris County (124 miles away) at 10.9% have figures too. 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 Seminole 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.

Georgia, the United States and the counties around Seminole County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
AreaTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Georgia, pooled137 counties, pooled29,45523.9%Not pooled
United States, pooled2,666 counties, pooled1,939,02535.8%Not pooled
Barrow Countyhighest in the state34151.0%4.0 pCi/L
Dougherty Countylowest in the state320.0%0.6 pCi/L
Early County, GAborders it333.3%0.1 pCi/L
Houston County, ALborders it1030.0%1.5 pCi/L
Jackson County, FLborders it666.1%0.7 pCi/L
Decatur County, GAborders it40.0%1.6 pCi/L
The nearest Georgia counties to Seminole County with 30 or more tests, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CountyDistanceTestsAt or above 4 pCi/LMedian
Dougherty County56 mi320.0%0.6 pCi/L
Muscogee County108 mi952.1%0.8 pCi/L
Harris County124 mi4610.9%1.9 pCi/L
Houston County126 mi618.2%1.5 pCi/L
Troup County145 mi6127.9%2.7 pCi/L
Bibb County146 mi960.0%1.0 pCi/L
Monroe County153 mi23523.8%1.8 pCi/L
Laurens County156 mi3116.1%0.9 pCi/L

Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.

Seminole County, Geology

The ground under Seminole County

Predicted

USGS's geologic map puts all of Seminole 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).

USGS's geologic areas under Seminole County
AreaThe rock, in USGS's wordsPotentialRadon indexShare of land
Coastal PlainCretaceous and Tertiary marine and coastal sediments including limestone, sandstone, sand, silt, and clay. Coastal plan sands containing glauconite may generate locally elevated radon.Low899.8%

Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.

Seminole County beside the ground around it

Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Seminole County's is. None of the 5 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.

Share of land by USGS radon potential: Seminole County, the 5 counties bordering it and Georgia
AreaEPA zoneLow potentialModerate potentialHigh potential
Seminole CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Decatur CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Miller CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Jackson County, FLZone 3100%NoneNone
Early CountyZone 3100%NoneNone
Houston County, ALZone 3100%NoneNone
Georgia159 counties, pooled by land areaVaries73.1%26.5%None

The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.

What it means

Seminole County, Questions

Questions about radon in Seminole County

Are radon levels high in Seminole County?

No CDC testing statistics are published here for Seminole County, Georgia yet. Jackson County, FL, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, reported 6.1% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.

Which counties border Seminole County?

Seminole County borders 5 counties: Decatur County, GA, Miller County, GA, Jackson County, FL, Early County, GA and Houston County, AL.

Products

Seminole County, Products

Testing a home in Seminole County

No CDC figure names Seminole County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (56 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 Seminole County.

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Seminole County, Bordering counties

Counties bordering Seminole County

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Seminole County, Cities and towns

Cities and towns in Seminole County

Seminole County's population has barely moved since 2020: 9,162 residents on July 1, 2025 against 9,129 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 39 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Donalsonville, has 2,834 residents, 30.9% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 34.4% of those residents; the other 65.6% live outside any of them. CDC publishes no radon test count for Seminole County; across Georgia its counts for 2007 to 2016 come to 2.6 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).

From Donalsonville to Iron City, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Seminole County's.

The cities and towns in Seminole County by residents, July 1, 2025
PlaceResidentsSince 2020Share of residents
Donalsonville2,834Level30.9%
Iron City320+0.3%3.5%

2 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).

Seminole County, Homes

Homes in Seminole County

Of Seminole County's 5,061 homes, 63% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 31% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1980 (1991 for Georgia), and 9% date from before 1960. 75% 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 in Seminole County, Georgia, 2019 to 2023
HomesSeminole CountyGeorgia
Housing units5,0614,483,873
Detached houses63%66%
In buildings of 5 or more2%16%
Mobile homes31%8%
Built before 19609%12%
Built since 200015%33%
Middle year built19801991
Owner-occupied75%65%

Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.