Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Covington County, Mississippi
EPA puts Covington County 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%
Tangipahoa Parish, 86 miles
- Tangipahoa Parish
- 0.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 43 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Covington
- 0.0%
- MS
- 8.1%
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 Covington 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
Covington County, At a glance
Covington 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
No CDC test figures here
CDC has published no radon test figures for Covington County. Tangipahoa Parish, LA, 86 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Covington County, Compared
Covington County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Covington County included, has a radon test figure from CDC; over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, the agency's counts name 2,669 counties in other states. Across every county in the country with a figure (2,669), 36.3% of reported tests reached that level; no Mississippi county contributes to that pool.
The nearest counties with a figure are Tangipahoa Parish, LA (86 miles away) at 0.0%, Mobile County, AL (99 miles away) at 4.4% and East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (119 miles away) at 0.0%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Covington 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.
Covington County, Geology
The ground under Covington County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Covington County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Pine Hills, to which USGS gives a radon index of 6, in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | Sand, sandstone, bentonitic clay, quartzite, gravel, tuff, and siltstone. | Low | 6 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Covington County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Covington County's is. 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
Covington County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Covington County
- Mississippi Radon ProgramMississippi Radon Program, run by Mississippi State Department of Health, answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Mississippi.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 Mississippi directoryNo professionals are listed in Mississippi yet. The state program can point you to registered testers and mitigators.
What Mississippi's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-626-7739
What it means
Covington County, Questions
Questions about radon in Covington County
Are radon levels high in Covington County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Covington County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 182 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 12.8%.
Which counties border Covington County?
Covington County borders 6 counties: Jefferson Davis County, Smith County, Simpson County, Jones County, Lamar County and Forrest County.
Products
Covington County, Products
Testing a home in Covington County
No CDC figure names Covington County; the nearest county with one, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (86 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 Covington County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
RL116 long-term radon test kit
- Lab fee extra
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
MonitorX-Sense
XR0A-iR Wi-Fi battery radon detector with a screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Wi-Fi
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Covington County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Covington County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Covington County: 1 of 6
Covington County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Covington County
About 17,898 people live in Covington County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 401 fewer than in 2020 (−2.2%). That works out to 43 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Collins, the largest, has 2,232 residents, 12.5% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 19.1% of those residents; the other 80.9% live outside any of them.
From Collins to Seminary, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Covington County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | 2,232 | −4.3% | 12.5% |
| Mount Olive | 883 | −0.7% | 4.9% |
| Seminary | 295 | −3.3% | 1.6% |
3 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).
Covington County, Homes
Homes in Covington County
Of Covington County's 8,360 homes, 61% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 33% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1987, close to Mississippi's 1986: 10% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 76% of the occupied homes (Mississippi: 69%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Covington County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 8,360 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 61% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 33% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 10% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1987 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 76% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.