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Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Taliaferro County, Georgia
EPA puts Taliaferro County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 3 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2007 to 2016, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
29.2%
Oglethorpe County
- Oglethorpe
- 29.2%
- Greene
- 16.7%
2 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2007 to 2016
Nearest county
16.7%
Greene County, 17 miles
- Greene
- 16.7%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 66 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Taliaferro
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
3
Too few for a share
- Taliaferro
- 3
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Taliaferro 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
Taliaferro County, At a glance
Taliaferro 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 Taliaferro County, 2007 to 2016, laboratory
CDC holds 3 reported tests for Taliaferro County over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Taliaferro County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 3 tests were reported to CDC for Taliaferro County over 2007 to 2016 (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: 2007 to 2016, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2016 (every CDC figure on file).
Taliaferro County, Compared
Taliaferro County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Taliaferro County rests on 3 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 33.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 0.6 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.5 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Oglethorpe County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 29.2%, and Greene County the smallest, 16.7%. Farther out, Putnam County (33 miles away) at 27.3%, Morgan County (35 miles away) at 17.2% and Columbia County (36 miles away) at 9.7% 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 Taliaferro 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.
Taliaferro County, Geology
The ground under Taliaferro County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Taliaferro County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Little River Thrust Stack, to which USGS gives a radon index of 7, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River Thrust Stack | Biotite and amphibolite gneiss, granite gneiss, mica schist. | Low | 7 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Taliaferro County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Taliaferro County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Oglethorpe County the most at 84.0%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Taliaferro County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Taliaferro 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
Taliaferro County, Questions
Questions about radon in Taliaferro County
Are radon levels high in Taliaferro County?
Over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Taliaferro County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals: Oglethorpe County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 29.2%, and Greene County the smallest, 16.7%.
Which counties border Taliaferro County?
Taliaferro County borders 5 counties: Warren County, Wilkes County, Greene County, Hancock County and Oglethorpe County.
Products
Taliaferro County, Products
Testing a home in Taliaferro County
No CDC figure names Taliaferro County; the nearest county with one, Greene County (17 miles away), reported 16.7% 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 Taliaferro County.
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Taliaferro County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Taliaferro County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Oglethorpe CountyEPA zone 2
29.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 96 tests
- Radon levels in Wilkes CountyEPA zone 3
28.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 7 tests
- Radon levels in Greene CountyEPA zone 2
16.7%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 66 tests
- Radon levels in Warren CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.8 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Hancock CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.6 pCi/L · 3 tests
Taliaferro County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Taliaferro County
Taliaferro County is growing: the Census Bureau puts it at 1,662 residents on July 1, 2025, up 6.7% from 1,558 in 2020. Spread over its land, that is 8.5 people to the square mile. Its largest town, Crawfordville, has 507 residents, 30.5% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 37.1% of those residents; the other 62.9% live outside any of them. CDC's 3 reported tests for 2007 to 2016 work out to 1.8 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Georgia's 2.6.
From Crawfordville to Sharon, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Taliaferro County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawfordville | 507 | +6.5% | 30.5% |
| Sharon | 110 | +6.8% | 6.6% |
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).
Taliaferro County, Homes
Homes in Taliaferro County
Of Taliaferro County's 984 homes, 66% 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 1975 (1991 for Georgia), and 35% date from before 1960. 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 | Taliaferro County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 984 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 66% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 31% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 35% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1975 | 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.