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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Talbot County, Georgia
EPA puts Talbot County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 1 radon test from it is 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
10.9%
Harris County
- Harris
- 10.9%
- Muscogee
- 2.1%
2 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
10.9%
Harris County, 22 miles
- Harris
- 10.9%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 46 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
43.2%
16.7 pts above Georgia
- Talbot
- 43.2%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
1
Too few for a share
- Talbot
- 1
- 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 Talbot 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
Talbot County, At a glance
Talbot County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Talbot County is a
USGS geologic potential: Low across 57% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Talbot County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 1 reported test for Talbot County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, a result of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Talbot County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 1 test was reported to CDC for Talbot 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).
Talbot County, Compared
Talbot County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Talbot County rests on 1 test over the 2008 to 2017 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 0.1 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Harris County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 10.9%, and Muscogee County the smallest, 2.1%. Farther out, Troup County (37 miles away) at 27.9%, Spalding County (41 miles away) at 33.0% and Monroe County (42 miles away) at 23.8% 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 Talbot County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 57% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Talbot County, Geology
The ground under Talbot County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Talbot County: 56.8% of its land is low radon potential and 43.2% moderate. The map puts 43.2% of Talbot County in the area it calls Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South) and 37.8% in Little River Thrust Stack, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 9, in the moderate band (9 to 11), and the second 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgiabama Thrust Stack (South) | Schist, amphibolite and granite. | Moderate | 9 | 43.2% |
| Little River Thrust Stack | Biotite and amphibolite gneiss, granite gneiss, mica schist. | Low | 7 | 37.8% |
| 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 | 19.0% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Talbot County beside the ground around it
Talbot County has more moderate-potential ground than Georgia as a whole: 43.2% of its land against 26.5%. Of the 7 counties that border it, 3 have more moderate-potential ground, Meriwether County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Talbot County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Talbot 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
Talbot County, Questions
Questions about radon in Talbot County
Are radon levels high in Talbot County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Talbot County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Harris County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 10.9%, and Muscogee County the smallest, 2.1%.
Which counties border Talbot County?
Talbot County borders 7 counties: Upson County, Taylor County, Harris County, Marion County, Muscogee County, Chattahoochee County and Meriwether County.
Products
Talbot County, Products
Testing a home in Talbot County
No CDC figure names Talbot County; the nearest county with one, Harris County (22 miles away), reported 10.9% 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 Talbot County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
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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INK-RD3 battery radon monitor with an e-ink screen
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- Screen
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Talbot County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Talbot County
Calculated by Radon411- 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 Harris CountyEPA zone 2
10.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.9 pCi/L · 46 tests
- Radon levels in Meriwether CountyEPA zone 2
4.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.4 pCi/L · 22 tests
- Radon levels in Muscogee CountyEPA zone 3
2.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 95 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 Chattahoochee CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 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.
Talbot County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Talbot County
Talbot County's population has barely moved since 2020: 5,709 residents on July 1, 2025 against 5,729 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 15 people per square mile of land. Manchester, the largest place on its list (3,594 residents in all), extends beyond Talbot County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 1 test over 2008 to 2017, or 0.2 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
From Manchester to Geneva, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Talbot County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchesterextends beyond Talbot County | 3,594 | Level | Counted whole |
| Talbotton | 731 | −0.7% | 12.8% |
| Woodland | 293 | −1.0% | 5.1% |
| Junction City | 139 | −0.7% | 2.4% |
| Geneva | 72 | −2.7% | 1.3% |
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 Talbot County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Talbot County, Homes
Homes in Talbot County
Of Talbot County's 3,069 homes, 64% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 33% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1989, close to Georgia's 1991: 19% date from before 1960 and 23% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 84% of the occupied homes (Georgia: 65%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Talbot County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,069 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 64% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 33% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 19% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1989 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 84% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.