Short-term kitFirst Alert
RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Panola County, Mississippi
EPA puts Panola 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
7.0%
Shelby County, 57 miles
- Shelby
- 7.0%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 341 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Panola
- 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 Panola 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
Panola County, At a glance
Panola 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 Panola County. Shelby County, TN, 57 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Panola County, Compared
Panola County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411No Mississippi county, Panola 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 Shelby County, TN (57 miles away) at 7.0%, Fayette County, TN (65 miles away) at 13.1% and Tipton County, TN (79 miles away) at 5.6%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Panola 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.
Panola County, Geology
The ground under Panola County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Panola County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 64.2% of Panola County in the area it calls Loess Hills and 33.4% in North Central Hills/Flatwoods, with one smaller area beside them. USGS gives the first a radon index of 7 and the second 8, both in the low band (5 to 8).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loess Hills | Loess. | Low | 7 | 64.2% |
| North Central Hills/Flatwoods | Tertiary nonmarine to deltaic sediments ranging from sand to clay. | Low | 8 | 33.4% |
| Mississippi Alluvial Plain | Alluvial sand, silt, gravel, and clay. | Low | 8 | 2.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Panola County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Panola 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
Panola County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Panola 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
Panola County, Questions
Questions about radon in Panola County
Are radon levels high in Panola County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Panola County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 125 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 36.6%.
Which counties border Panola County?
Panola County borders 6 counties: Tate County, Quitman County, Lafayette County, Tunica County, Yalobusha County and Tallahatchie County.
Products
Panola County, Products
Testing a home in Panola County
No CDC figure names Panola County; the nearest county with one, Shelby County, TN (57 miles away), reported 7.0% 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 Panola 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
MonitorPYZYCKYH
RD17 plug-in radon detector with a rechargeable battery and color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Semiconductor sensor
First reading: Within 6 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Panola County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Panola County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Panola County: 1 of 6
Panola County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Panola County
About 32,691 people live in Panola County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 482 fewer than in 2020 (−1.5%). That works out to 48 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Batesville, has 7,325 residents, 22.4% of the total.
From Batesville to Pope, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Panola County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | 7,325 | −2.5% | 22.4% |
| Sardis | 1,670 | −4.3% | 5.1% |
| Como | 1,064 | −4.6% | 3.3% |
| Crenshawextends beyond Panola County | 610 | −3.3% | Counted whole |
| Crowderextends beyond Panola County | 522 | −7.8% | Counted whole |
| Courtland | 483 | +1.9% | 1.5% |
| Pope | 261 | −1.1% | 0.8% |
7 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). A place that extends beyond Panola County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Panola County, Homes
Homes in Panola County
Of Panola County's 14,691 homes, 69% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 23% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1986, close to Mississippi's 1986: 17% date from before 1960 and 20% from 2000 or later. 69% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Mississippi: 69%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Panola County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 14,691 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 69% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 23% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 17% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 20% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1986 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.