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Radon Levels in Saluda County, South Carolina
EPA puts Saluda County in Zone 3, its lowest radon zone, and only 18 radon tests from it are on file with CDC (2008 to 2017, laboratory totals). Homes with elevated levels occur in all three zones, so only a test measures yours.
Data checked By Radon411Methodology
Highest bordering
16.0%
Newberry County
- Newberry
- 16.0%
- Greenwood
- 7.1%
4 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2008 to 2017
Nearest county
16.0%
Newberry County, 21 miles
- Newberry
- 16.0%
- SC
- 19.4%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 75 tests, 2008 to 2017
Ground above low
3.6%
14.9 pts below SC
- Saluda
- 3.6%
- SC
- 18.5%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
28
Too few for a share
- Saluda
- 28
- 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 Saluda 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
Saluda County, At a glance
Saluda County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 96% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Saluda County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 18 reported tests for Saluda County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Saluda County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 18 tests were reported to CDC for Saluda County over 2008 to 2017 (laboratory totals), and tests are often run on homes being sold or already suspected of a problem: so few describe neither the county nor this house.
Measured: CDC tracking data. Figure above: 2008 to 2017, laboratory. Measured data period: 2005 to 2017 (every CDC figure on file).
Saluda County, Compared
Saluda County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Saluda County rests on 28 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 3 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 3.6 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 8.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.8 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Newberry County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 16.0%, and Greenwood County the smallest, 7.1%, with Aiken County at 13.3% and Lexington County at 12.5% between. Farther out, Laurens County (37 miles away) at 13.9%, Abbeville County (45 miles away) at 22.7% and Richland County (47 miles away) at 4.9% have figures too. Pooled across 46 South Carolina counties, 19.4% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 35.7%.
Statewide for the same period, Oconee County reported the highest share (42.6%) and Florence County the lowest (0.0%). EPA's 1993 map puts Saluda County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 96% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Saluda County, Geology
The ground under Saluda County
PredictedMost of the ground under Saluda County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 96.4% of its land is low radon potential, with 3.6% moderate. The map puts 82.9% of Saluda County in the area it calls Carolina Slate Belt and 8.0% in Upper and Middle Coastal Plain, with 2 smaller areas beside them. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Slate Belt | amphibolite, granitic gneiss, quartzite, muscovite schist, meta-argillite, metavolcanic rocks. | Low | 8 | 82.9% |
| Upper and Middle Coastal Plain | Tertiary coastal plain sandy and silty sediments and marsh deposits. | Low | 8 | 8.0% |
| Charlotte Belt | Biotite gneiss and schist, metavolcanic rocks, mica gneiss. | Low | 8 | 5.4% |
| Carolina and Charlotte Belt Granites | Granite and granite gneiss | Moderate | 11 | 3.6% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Saluda County beside the ground around it
Across South Carolina 0.2% of the land is rated high; none of Saluda County's is. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more moderate-potential ground, Newberry County the most at 19.0%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Saluda County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Saluda County
- South Carolina Radon ProgramSouth Carolina Radon Program, run by South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, offers free or discounted test kits, and answers questions about testing and mitigation in South Carolina.Visit the program’s page(opens in a new tab)
- Free and low-cost kitsThe program says:
The South Carolina Radon Program offers free short-term radon test kits to South Carolina homeowners, subject to availability.
- Compare kits
- Professionals in South Carolina2 professionals are listed in South Carolina.
What South Carolina's program says
- Phone
- 1-800-768-0362
- radon@des.sc.gov
What it means
Saluda County, Questions
Questions about radon in Saluda County
Are radon levels high in Saluda County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 16.7% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Saluda County, South Carolina were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.1 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 4 have a figure over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals: Newberry County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 16.0%, and Greenwood County the smallest, 7.1%, with Aiken County at 13.3% and Lexington County at 12.5% between.
Which counties border Saluda County?
Saluda County borders 5 counties: Newberry County, Edgefield County, Greenwood County, Lexington County and Aiken County.
Products
Saluda County, Products
Testing a home in Saluda County
No CDC figure names Saluda County; the nearest county with one, Newberry County (21 miles away), reported 16.0% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L over the 2008 to 2017 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 Saluda County.
Test kits and monitors3
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Long-term kit
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In home: 90 days to 12 months
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Saluda County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Saluda County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Edgefield CountyEPA zone 3
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 12 tests
- Radon levels in Newberry CountyEPA zone 3
16.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.1 pCi/L · 75 tests
- Radon levels in Aiken CountyEPA zone 3
13.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.3 pCi/L · 241 tests
- Radon levels in Lexington CountyEPA zone 3
12.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.9 pCi/L · 591 tests
- Radon levels in Greenwood CountyEPA zone 3
7.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.0 pCi/L · 113 tests
Saluda County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Saluda County
The Census Bureau estimates 19,680 residents in Saluda County for July 1, 2025, 766 more than in 2020 (+4.0%). That works out to 43 people per square mile of land. Batesburg-Leesville, the largest place on its list (5,346 residents in all), extends beyond Saluda County, so no share of the total is worked out for it. Reported testing is thin here: 28 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 1.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where South Carolina as a whole comes to 3.9.
From Batesburg-Leesville to Ward, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Saluda County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesburg-Leesvilleextends beyond Saluda County | 5,346 | +1.7% | Counted whole |
| Saluda | 3,086 | +0.2% | 15.7% |
| Ridge Spring | 594 | +3.8% | 3.0% |
| Monettaextends beyond Saluda County | 212 | +7.1% | Counted whole |
| Ward | 124 | +3.3% | 0.6% |
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). A place that extends beyond Saluda County is counted whole, so it has no share.
Saluda County, Homes
Homes in Saluda County
Of Saluda County's 9,420 homes, 65% are detached houses, against 64% across South Carolina; 31% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1987, close to South Carolina's 1991: 21% date from before 1960 and 23% from 2000 or later. Owners live in 78% of the occupied homes (South Carolina: 71%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Saluda County | South Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 9,420 | 2,401,638 |
| Detached houses | 65% | 64% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 2% | 13% |
| Mobile homes | 31% | 15% |
| Built before 1960 | 21% | 13% |
| Built since 2000 | 23% | 35% |
| Middle year built | 1987 | 1991 |
| Owner-occupied | 78% | 71% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.