Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Ware County, Georgia
EPA puts Ware County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 15 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%
Chatham County, 100 miles
- Chatham
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 23.9%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 47 tests, 2007 to 2016
Ground above low
None
26.5 pts below Georgia
- Ware
- 0.0%
- Georgia
- 26.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
15
Too few for a share
- Ware
- 15
- 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 Ware 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
Ware County, At a glance
Ware 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 Ware County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 15 reported tests for Ware County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Ware County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 15 tests were reported to CDC for Ware 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).
Ware County, Compared
Ware County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Ware County rests on 15 tests over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 6.7 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.1 pCi/L.
The nearest counties with a figure are Chatham County (100 miles away) at 0.0%, Laurens County (101 miles away) at 16.1% and Dougherty County (111 miles away) at 0.0%. 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 Ware 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.
Ware County, Geology
The ground under Ware County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Ware County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 60.1% of Ware County in the area it calls Coastal Plain and 39.9% in Coastal Plain. USGS gives the first a radon index of 8 and the second 7, both 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 | 60.1% |
| Coastal Plain | Quaternary and Pleistocene-Pliocene coastal sand and gravel, lagoon and marsh clay and silt. | Low | 7 | 39.9% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Ware County beside the ground around it
Across Georgia 26.5% of the land is rated moderate; none of Ware County's is. Of the 8 counties that border it, 1 has more moderate-potential ground, Baker County, FL the most at 5.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Ware County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Ware 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
Ware County, Questions
Questions about radon in Ware County
Are radon levels high in Ware County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Ware County, Georgia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.1 pCi/L. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 161 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 26.5%.
Which counties border Ware County?
Ware County borders 8 counties: Clinch County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Charlton County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Baker County, FL and Coffee County, GA.
Products
Ware County, Products
Testing a home in Ware County
No CDC figure names Ware County; the nearest county with one, Chatham County (100 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 Ware County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Wave Radon battery smart radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Ware County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Ware County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Clinch County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.7 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Charlton County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Pierce County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Baker County, FLEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Coffee County, GAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Brantley County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Atkinson County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Bacon County, GAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2007 to 2016; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Ware County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Ware County
The Census Bureau estimates 36,906 residents in Ware County for July 1, 2025, 669 more than in 2020 (+1.8%). That works out to 41 people per square mile of land. Waycross, the largest place on its list (13,936 residents in all), extends beyond Ware County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 15 tests over 2008 to 2017, or 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Georgia as a whole comes to 2.7.
Waycross is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads Ware County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waycrossextends beyond Ware County | 13,936 | Level | Counted whole |
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). A place that extends beyond Ware County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Ware County, Homes
Homes in Ware County
Of Ware County's 15,926 homes, 63% are detached houses, against 66% across Georgia; 21% are mobile homes. The homes are older than Georgia's as a whole: half were built before 1977 (1991 for Georgia), and 25% date from before 1960. 61% 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 | Ware County | Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 15,926 | 4,483,873 |
| Detached houses | 63% | 66% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 7% | 16% |
| Mobile homes | 21% | 8% |
| Built before 1960 | 25% | 12% |
| Built since 2000 | 15% | 33% |
| Middle year built | 1977 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 61% | 65% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.