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Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Amelia County, Virginia
EPA puts Amelia County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 11 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
40.9%
Prince Edward County
- Prince Edward
- 40.9%
- Chesterfield
- 30.5%
2 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
30.5%
Chesterfield County, 22 miles
- Chesterfield
- 30.5%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 645 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
100.0%
22.1 pts above Virginia
- Amelia
- 100.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
14
Too few for a share
- Amelia
- 14
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 1
Highest potential
- Zone 1
- 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts over 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Amelia 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
Amelia County, At a glance
Amelia County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Amelia County in
USGS geologic potential: High across 93% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Amelia County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 11 reported tests for Amelia County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.0 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Amelia County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 11 tests were reported to CDC for Amelia 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).
Amelia County, Compared
Amelia County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Amelia County rests on 14 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 4 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 7.1 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 21.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.1 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Prince Edward County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 40.9%, and Chesterfield County the smallest, 30.5%. Farther out, Goochland County (27 miles away) at 31.3%, Richmond city (31 miles away) at 28.0% and Henrico County (34 miles away) at 25.7% have figures too. Pooled across 132 Virginia counties, 30.7% of reported tests reached that level; across every county in the country with a figure, 36.3%.
Statewide for the same period, Russell County reported the highest share (68.5%) and Norfolk city the lowest (5.3%). EPA's 1993 map puts Amelia County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 93% of the county's land high radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Amelia County, Geology
The ground under Amelia County
PredictedMost of the ground under Amelia County is one class on USGS's geologic map: 92.8% of its land is high radon potential, with 7.2% moderate. The map puts 92.8% of Amelia County in the area it calls Goochland Terrane and 7.2% in Mesozoic Basins. USGS gives the first a radon index of 13, in the high band (12 to 17), and the second 11, in the moderate band (9 to 11).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goochland Terrane | Granite, pegmatites, granitic gneiss, schist and gneiss, slate, and phyllite. | High | 13 | 92.8% |
| Mesozoic Basins | Sandstone, siltstone and lacustrine black shale. | Moderate | 11 | 7.2% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Amelia County beside the ground around it
Amelia County has more high-potential ground than Virginia as a whole: 92.8% of its land against 47.9%. Of the 6 counties that border it, 1 has more high-potential ground, Nottoway County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Amelia County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Amelia County
- VDH Radon ProgramVDH Radon Program answers questions about testing, mitigation and the rules in Virginia.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
- Professionals in Virginia2 professionals are listed in Virginia.
What Virginia's program says
- Phone
- (804) 864-8161
- Radon@vdh.virginia.gov
- Licensing of radon professionals
The Code of Virginia requires that Radon testers and mitigators be currently certified by either the National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP) or the National Radon Safety Board (NRSB).
What it means
Amelia County, Questions
Questions about radon in Amelia County
Are radon levels high in Amelia County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 27.3% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Amelia County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.0 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 2 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Prince Edward County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 40.9%, and Chesterfield County the smallest, 30.5%.
Which counties border Amelia County?
Amelia County borders 6 counties: Powhatan County, Nottoway County, Cumberland County, Chesterfield County, Prince Edward County and Dinwiddie County.
Products
Amelia County, Products
Testing a home in Amelia County
No CDC figure names Amelia County; the nearest county with one, Chesterfield County (22 miles away), reported 30.5% 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. In Zone 1 the year-round level in Amelia County is the one to know: a long-term test (more than 90 days) or a monitor, with a short-term kit for a first answer.
Test kits and monitors3
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Monitor
Wave Radon battery smart radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- App only
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Short-term kitFirst Alert
RD1 short-term charcoal radon test kit
- Lab fee included
Method: Charcoal
In home: 2 to 4 days
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
Amelia County is in EPA Zone 1, the highest predicted radon potential. Best radon monitors for Zone 1 counties like Amelia County
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Amelia County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Amelia County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Prince Edward CountyEPA zone 2
40.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.0 pCi/L · 44 tests
- Radon levels in Dinwiddie CountyEPA zone 1
38.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.9 pCi/L · 18 tests
- Radon levels in Chesterfield CountyEPA zone 1
30.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 645 tests
- Radon levels in Powhatan CountyEPA zone 1
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.5 pCi/L · 28 tests
- Radon levels in Nottoway CountyEPA zone 1
23.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 17 tests
- Radon levels in Cumberland CountyEPA zone 1
20.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.3 pCi/L · 10 tests
Amelia County, Residents
Who lives in Amelia County
The Census Bureau estimates 13,632 residents in Amelia County for July 1, 2025, 364 more than in 2020 (+2.7%). That works out to 38 people per square mile of land. Reported testing is thin here: 14 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 1.0 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 4.4.
Census lists no incorporated place in Amelia County: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Amelia County, Homes
Homes in Amelia County
Amelia County is a place of houses on their own lots: 79% of its 5,770 homes are detached single-family houses, against 61% across Virginia. Much of Amelia County is recent building: 35% of its homes have gone up since 2000 and the middle year built is 1992, against 1984 for Virginia. Owners live in 81% of the occupied homes (Virginia: 67%), so for most households a test and a fix are their own to order.
| Homes | Amelia County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,770 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 79% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 18% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 15% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 35% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1992 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 81% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.