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 East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts East Carroll Parish 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
Nearest county
0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish, 151 miles
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 2.8%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 48 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
Level with Louisiana
- East Carroll Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
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
- 2
- Zone 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts under 2 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for East Carroll Parish
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
East Carroll Parish, At a glance
East Carroll Parish 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for East Carroll Parish. East Baton Rouge Parish, 151 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
East Carroll Parish, Compared
East Carroll Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411East Carroll Parish has no radon test figure of its own from CDC, whose counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals name 37 other Louisiana counties and leave it out. Pooled across 37 Louisiana counties, 2.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
The nearest counties with a figure are East Baton Rouge Parish (151 miles away) at 0.0%, Tangipahoa Parish (153 miles away) at 0.0% and Calcasieu Parish (213 miles away) at 0.0%. Statewide for the same period, Jefferson Parish reported the highest share (1.5%) and Tangipahoa Parish the lowest (0.0%).
EPA's 1993 map puts East Carroll Parish 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.
East Carroll Parish, Geology
The ground under East Carroll Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of East Carroll Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 99.3% of it lies in the area the map calls Floodplain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floodplain | Alluvium, marsh, silt, and clay. | Low | 7 | 99.3% |
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 0.7% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
East Carroll Parish beside the ground around it
Neither East Carroll Parish nor Louisiana as a whole has any land USGS rates above low potential. None of the 6 counties that border it has any moderate-potential ground either.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
East Carroll Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in East Carroll Parish
- Louisiana's radon programLouisiana Department of Environmental QualityLouisiana's radon program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Louisiana.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsAsk the program whether it has free or discounted kits, or compare kits you can buy.
- Compare kits
- See the Louisiana directoryNo professionals are listed in Louisiana yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What it means
East Carroll Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in East Carroll Parish
Are radon levels high in East Carroll Parish?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for East Carroll Parish, Louisiana yet. Of the 4 nearest counties with a figure, within 213 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 1.5%.
Which counties border East Carroll Parish?
East Carroll Parish borders 6 counties: West Carroll Parish, LA, Issaquena County, MS, Madison Parish, LA, Chicot County, AR, Richland Parish, LA and Warren County, MS.
Products
East Carroll Parish, Products
Testing a home in East Carroll Parish
No CDC figure names East Carroll Parish; the nearest county with one, East Baton Rouge Parish (151 miles away), reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2006 to 2015 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 East Carroll Parish.
Test kits and monitors3
See every kit and monitor
Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Monitor
Wave Plus battery radon and air quality monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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East Carroll Parish, Bordering counties
Counties bordering East Carroll Parish
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Richland Parish, LAEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in West Carroll Parish, LAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Issaquena County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Madison Parish, LAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Chicot County, AREPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Warren County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
East Carroll Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in East Carroll Parish
East Carroll Parish has been losing residents: from 7,398 in 2020 to 6,760 on July 1, 2025, a fall of 8.6% by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 16 people per square mile of land. Lake Providence, its one incorporated place, has 3,147 residents, 46.6% of the total. CDC publishes no radon test count for East Carroll Parish; across Louisiana its counts for 2006 to 2015 come to 0.1 tests for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate).
Lake Providence is the one incorporated place here; CDC publishes no figure by town, so it reads East Carroll Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Providence | 3,147 | −11.3% | 46.6% |
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).
East Carroll Parish, Homes
Homes in East Carroll Parish
Of East Carroll Parish's 3,408 homes, 68% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 22% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1975, close to Louisiana's 1982: 18% date from before 1960 and 16% from 2000 or later. 60% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Louisiana: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | East Carroll Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,408 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 68% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 22% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 18% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1975 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 60% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.