Short-term kit
RA100 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Sumter County, Georgia
EPA puts Sumter 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
0.0%
Dougherty County, 35 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
- Sumter
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
7
Too few for a share
- Sumter
- 7
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, 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 Sumter 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
Sumter County, At a glance
Sumter 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 Sumter County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 5 reported tests for Sumter County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 3.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Sumter County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 5 tests were reported to CDC for Sumter 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).
Sumter County, Compared
Sumter County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Sumter County rests on 7 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 14.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 4.8 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.3 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Dougherty County (35 miles away) at 0.0%, Houston County (42 miles away) at 8.2% and Muscogee County (51 miles away) at 2.1%. 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 Sumter 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.
Sumter County, Geology
The ground under Sumter County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Sumter 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.
Sumter County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Sumter County's is. None of the 8 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Sumter County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Sumter 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
Sumter County, Questions
Questions about radon in Sumter County
Are radon levels high in Sumter County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 20.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Sumter County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 3.7 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 80 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Sumter County?
Sumter County borders 8 counties: Schley County, Webster County, Lee County, Macon County, Terrell County, Dooly County, Crisp County and Marion County.
Products
Sumter County, Products
Testing a home in Sumter County
No CDC figure names Sumter County; the nearest county with one, Dougherty County (35 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 Sumter 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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-3699 radon monitor with a 2.1-inch touchscreen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 1 hour
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Sumter County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Sumter County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Crisp CountyEPA zone 3
50.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.3 pCi/L · 2 tests
- Radon levels in Schley CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 5 tests
- Radon levels in Lee CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 5 tests
- 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 Dooly CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 2 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 Webster CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Terrell CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Sumter County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Sumter County
About 28,801 people live in Sumter County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 717 fewer than in 2020 (−2.4%). That works out to 60 people per square mile of land. Americus alone is home to 15,617 of them, 54.2% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 58.5% of those residents; the other 41.5% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 7 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.2.
From Americus to De Soto, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Sumter County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americus | 15,617 | −3.6% | 54.2% |
| Plains | 531 | −7.0% | 1.8% |
| Leslie | 336 | −1.5% | 1.2% |
| Andersonville | 235 | Level | 0.8% |
| De Soto | 120 | −2.4% | 0.4% |
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).
Sumter County, Homes
Homes in Sumter County
Of Sumter County's 13,499 homes, 60% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 17% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1979 (1991 for Georgia), and 22% date from before 1960. 55% 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 | Sumter County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 13,499 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 60% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 10% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 17% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 22% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1979 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 55% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.