Long-term kit
RL416 long-term radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Alpha track
In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Bland County, Virginia
EPA puts Bland County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 13 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
63.0%
Wythe County
- Wythe
- 63.0%
- Mercer
- 31.5%
6 of 6 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
63.0%
Wythe County, 15 miles
- Wythe
- 63.0%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 119 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
100.0%
22.1 pts above Virginia
- Bland
- 100.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
14
Too few for a share
- Bland
- 14
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Bland 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
Bland County, At a glance
Bland County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Bland County in
USGS geologic potential: High across 100% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Bland County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 13 reported tests for Bland County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.6 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Bland County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 13 tests were reported to CDC for Bland 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).
Bland County, Compared
Bland County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Bland County rests on 14 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 7 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 15.4 pCi/L, with a middle value of 3.3 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Wythe County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 63.0%, and Mercer County, WV the smallest, 31.5%, with Smyth County at 62.6%, Tazewell County at 59.0% and Giles County at 58.5% between. Farther out, Radford city (32 miles away) at 40.6%, Grayson County (33 miles away) at 48.9% and Carroll County (35 miles away) at 54.2% 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 Bland County in Zone 1, the map's highest label: a predicted county average above 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 100% of the county's land high radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Bland County, Geology
The ground under Bland County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Bland County's mapped land in one class: high radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Valley and Ridge, to which USGS gives a radon index of 15, in the high band (12 to 17).
| Area | The rock, in USGS's words | Potential | Radon index | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley and Ridge | Cambrian dolomite, limestone, shale, and sandstone, Silurian-Ordovician limestone, dolomite, shale, and sandstone, Mississippian-Devonian sandstone, shale, limestone, gypsum, and coal. | High | 15 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Bland County beside the ground around it
Bland County has more high-potential ground than Virginia as a whole: 100% of its land against 47.9%. Of the 6 counties that border it, none has as large a share of high-potential ground; Giles County comes nearest at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Bland County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Bland 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
Bland County, Questions
Questions about radon in Bland County
Are radon levels high in Bland County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 46.2% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Bland County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 2.6 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 6 have a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals: Wythe County reported the largest share at or above 4 pCi/L, 63.0%, and Mercer County, WV the smallest, 31.5%, with Smyth County at 62.6%, Tazewell County at 59.0% and Giles County at 58.5% between.
Which counties border Bland County?
Bland County borders 6 counties: Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV, Pulaski County, VA, Giles County, VA, Tazewell County, VA and Smyth County, VA.
Products
Bland County, Products
Testing a home in Bland County
No CDC figure names Bland County; the nearest county with one, Wythe County (15 miles away), reported 63.0% 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. In Zone 1 the year-round level in Bland 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
See every kit and monitor
Monitor
Corentium Home 2 battery digital radon monitor
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Bluetooth
- Screen, app
Method: Alpha spectrometry
Readings: Every 60 minutes
Short-term kit
Air Chek Short-Term radon test kit you hang, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
In home: 72 to 168 hours
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
Bland County is in EPA Zone 1, the highest predicted radon potential. Best radon monitors for Zone 1 counties like Bland County
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Bland County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Bland County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Wythe County, VAEPA zone 1
63.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 6.3 pCi/L · 119 tests
- Radon levels in Smyth County, VAEPA zone 1
62.6%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 6.0 pCi/L · 131 tests
- Radon levels in Tazewell County, VAEPA zone 1
59.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 5.4 pCi/L · 105 tests
- Radon levels in Giles County, VAEPA zone 1
58.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.8 pCi/L · 147 tests
- Radon levels in Pulaski County, VAEPA zone 1
51.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 4.0 pCi/L · 251 tests
- Radon levels in Mercer County, WVEPA zone 1
31.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.2 pCi/L · 54 tests
Bland County, Residents
Who lives in Bland County
About 6,151 people live in Bland County by the Census Bureau's estimate for July 1, 2025, 104 fewer than in 2020 (−1.7%). That works out to 17 people per square mile of land. Reported testing is thin here: 14 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 2.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 5.6.
Census lists no incorporated place in Bland County: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Bland County, Homes
Homes in Bland County
Of Bland County's 3,205 homes, 73% are detached houses, against 61% across Virginia; 23% are mobile homes. Half of its homes were built before 1982, close to Virginia's 1984: 27% date from before 1960 and 21% from 2000 or later. 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 | Bland County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 3,205 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 73% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 23% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 27% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 21% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1982 | 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.