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In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
EPA puts East Feliciana Parish in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 2 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2005 to 2014, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 0.0%
1 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
0.0%
East Baton Rouge Parish, 21 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 Feliciana Parish
- 0.0%
- Louisiana
- 0.0%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
2
Too few for a share
- East Feliciana Parish
- 2
- 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 East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish, At a glance
East Feliciana 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
Radon tests reported for East Feliciana Parish, 2005 to 2014, laboratory
CDC holds 2 reported tests for East Feliciana Parish over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). East Feliciana Parish beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 2 tests were reported to CDC for East Feliciana Parish over 2005 to 2014 (laboratory totals), and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the parish nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Measured data period: 2005 to 2014.
East Feliciana Parish, Compared
East Feliciana Parish radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for East Feliciana Parish rests on 2 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 0 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 50.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 1.2 pCi/L, with a middle value of 1.1 pCi/L.
East Baton Rouge Parish, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Tangipahoa Parish (41 miles away) at 0.0%, Jefferson Parish (91 miles away) at 1.5% and Calcasieu Parish (144 miles away) at 0.0% have figures too. Pooled across 37 Louisiana counties, 2.8% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
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 Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish, Geology
The ground under East Feliciana Parish
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of East Feliciana Parish's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 98.9% of it lies in the area the map calls Terraces, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraces | Clays, siltstone, and sandstone. | Low | 8 | 98.9% |
| Floodplain | Alluvium, marsh, silt, and clay. | Low | 7 | 1.1% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
East Feliciana Parish beside the ground around it
Neither East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in East Feliciana 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 Feliciana Parish, Questions
Questions about radon in East Feliciana Parish
Are radon levels high in East Feliciana Parish?
Over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 0.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. East Baton Rouge Parish, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 0.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border East Feliciana Parish?
East Feliciana Parish borders 6 counties: St. Helena Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Amite County, MS, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA and Wilkinson County, MS.
Products
East Feliciana Parish, Products
Testing a home in East Feliciana Parish
No CDC figure names East Feliciana Parish; the nearest county with one, East Baton Rouge Parish (21 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 Feliciana Parish.
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East Feliciana Parish, Bordering counties
Counties bordering East Feliciana Parish
Calculated by Radon4110.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.6 pCi/L · 48 tests
- Radon levels in St. Helena Parish, LAEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Amite County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
- Radon levels in Wilkinson County, MSEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
East Feliciana Parish, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in East Feliciana Parish
About 18,911 people live in East Feliciana Parish by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 536 fewer than in 2020 (−2.8%). That works out to 42 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Jackson, has 3,904 residents, 20.6% of the total. Together its 5 incorporated places hold 35.8% of those residents; the other 64.2% live outside any of them. CDC's 2 reported tests for 2005 to 2014 work out to 0.1 per 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), close to Louisiana's 0.1.
From Jackson to Norwood, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads East Feliciana Parish's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | 3,904 | −2.2% | 20.6% |
| Clinton | 1,265 | −4.9% | 6.7% |
| Slaughter | 975 | −4.0% | 5.2% |
| Wilson | 357 | +2.6% | 1.9% |
| Norwood | 261 | −5.4% | 1.4% |
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).
East Feliciana Parish, Homes
Homes in East Feliciana Parish
Of East Feliciana Parish's 8,171 homes, 67% are detached houses, against 65% across Louisiana; 27% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1988, close to Louisiana's 1982: 17% date from before 1960 and 29% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 84% of the occupied homes (Louisiana: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | East Feliciana Parish | Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 8,171 | 2,094,002 |
| Detached houses | 67% | 65% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 3% | 11% |
| Mobile homes | 27% | 13% |
| Built before 1960 | 17% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 29% | 27% |
| Middle year built | 1988 | 1982 |
| Owner-occupied | 84% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.