Short-term kit
Radon Short Term Test Kit short-term charcoal radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 7 days
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Scott County, Mississippi
EPA puts Scott 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
10.1%
Tuscaloosa County, 132 miles
- Tuscaloosa
- 10.1%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 69 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
8.1 pts below MS
- Scott
- 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 Scott 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
Scott County, At a glance
Scott 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 Scott County. Tuscaloosa County, AL, 132 miles away, is the nearest county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals.
Scott County, Compared
Scott County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC publishes no radon test figure for Scott County, and none for any other Mississippi county: its counts over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals cover 2,669 counties elsewhere in the country. 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 Tuscaloosa County, AL (132 miles away) at 10.1%, Tangipahoa Parish, LA (133 miles away) at 0.0% and Mobile County, AL (136 miles away) at 4.4%.
EPA's 1993 map puts Scott 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.
Scott County, Geology
The ground under Scott County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Scott County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. The map puts 61.2% of Scott County in the area it calls Jackson Prairies and 38.8% in North Central Hills/Flatwoods. USGS gives both 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Prairies | Sand, marl, clay, and limestone. | Low | 8 | 61.2% |
| North Central Hills/Flatwoods | Tertiary nonmarine to deltaic sediments ranging from sand to clay. | Low | 8 | 38.8% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Scott County beside the ground around it
Across Mississippi 0.1% of the land is rated high; none of Scott 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
Scott County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Scott 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
Scott County, Questions
Questions about radon in Scott County
Are radon levels high in Scott County?
No CDC testing statistics are published here for Scott County, Mississippi yet. Of the 8 nearest counties with a figure, within 175 miles, the share of tests at or above 4 pCi/L runs from 0.0% to 18.6%.
Which counties border Scott County?
Scott County borders 6 counties: Leake County, Newton County, Rankin County, Madison County, Smith County and Jasper County.
Products
Scott County, Products
Testing a home in Scott County
No CDC figure names Scott County; the nearest county with one, Tuscaloosa County, AL (132 miles away), reported 10.1% 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 Scott County.
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
EcoBlu plug-in digital radon monitor with a display
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Scott County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Scott County
Calculated by Radon411counties bordering Scott County: 1 of 6
Scott County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Scott County
Scott County's population has barely moved since 2020: 28,073 residents on July 1, 2025 against 27,968 then, by the Census Bureau's estimates. That works out to 46 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Forest, the largest, has 5,433 residents, 19.4% of the total.
From Forest to Sebastopol, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Scott County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | 5,433 | +0.1% | 19.4% |
| Morton | 3,694 | Level | 13.2% |
| Lakeextends beyond Scott County | 470 | −0.6% | Counted whole |
| Sebastopolextends beyond Scott County | 260 | −1.9% | Counted whole |
4 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 Scott County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Scott County, Homes
Homes in Scott County
Of Scott County's 11,423 homes, 60% are detached houses, against 69% across Mississippi; 34% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1989, close to Mississippi's 1986: 10% date from before 1960 and 25% from 2000 or later. 72% 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 | Scott County | Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11,423 | 1,332,811 |
| Detached houses | 60% | 69% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 9% |
| Mobile homes | 34% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 10% | 15% |
| Built since 2000 | 25% | 28% |
| Middle year built | 1989 | 1986 |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 69% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.