Short-term kit
RA400 short-term liquid scintillation radon test kit, lab fee included
- Lab fee included
Method: Liquid scintillation
In home: 48 to 96 hours
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Lunenburg County, Virginia
EPA puts Lunenburg County in Zone 2, its middle radon zone, and only 4 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%
- Mecklenburg
- 34.2%
3 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
34.2%
Mecklenburg County, 20 miles
- Mecklenburg
- 34.2%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 38 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
100.0%
22.1 pts above Virginia
- Lunenburg
- 100.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
5
Too few for a share
- Lunenburg
- 5
- Needed
- 30
2005 to 2014, laboratory
EPA radon zone
Zone 2
Moderate potential
- 1
- Zone 2
- 3
1 highest, 3 lowest
EPA predicts 2 to 4 pCi/L indoors
Read a result for Lunenburg 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
Lunenburg County, At a glance
Lunenburg County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 2: moderate predicted potential
Lunenburg County is a
USGS geologic potential: High across 59% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Lunenburg County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 4 reported tests for Lunenburg County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 0.5 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Lunenburg County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 4 tests were reported to CDC for Lunenburg 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).
Lunenburg County, Compared
Lunenburg County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Lunenburg County rests on 5 tests over the 2005 to 2014 laboratory totals, 1 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 20.0 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 4.5 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.8 pCi/L.
Of the counties bordering it, 3 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 Mecklenburg County the smallest, 34.2%, with Brunswick County at 36.4% between. Farther out, Appomattox County (43 miles away) at 16.7%, Chesterfield County (47 miles away) at 30.5% and Campbell County (51 miles away) at 39.1% 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 Lunenburg County in Zone 2, its middle label: a predicted county average between 2 and 4 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 59% of the county's land high radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Lunenburg County, Geology
The ground under Lunenburg County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map splits Lunenburg County: 59.5% of its land is high radon potential and 40.5% moderate. The map puts 59.5% of Lunenburg County in the area it calls Goochland Terrane and 40.5% in Carolina Terrane. USGS gives the first a radon index of 13, in the high band (12 to 17), and the second 10, 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 | 59.5% |
| Carolina Terrane | Metavolcanic rocks, granite and granitic gneiss. | Moderate | 10 | 40.5% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Lunenburg County beside the ground around it
Lunenburg County has more high-potential ground than Virginia as a whole: 59.5% of its land against 47.9%. Of the 5 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Nottoway County the most at 100%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Lunenburg County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Lunenburg 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
Lunenburg County, Questions
Questions about radon in Lunenburg County
Are radon levels high in Lunenburg County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 25.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Lunenburg County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 0.5 pCi/L. Of the counties bordering it, 3 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 Mecklenburg County the smallest, 34.2%, with Brunswick County at 36.4% between.
Which counties border Lunenburg County?
Lunenburg County borders 5 counties: Mecklenburg County, Nottoway County, Charlotte County, Prince Edward County and Brunswick County.
Products
Lunenburg County, Products
Testing a home in Lunenburg County
No CDC figure names Lunenburg County; the nearest county with one, Mecklenburg County (20 miles away), reported 34.2% 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 2 a short-term kit (2 to 90 days) is the quick first check in Lunenburg County; a long-term test tells the year-round average.
Test kits and monitors3
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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
Monitor
Hello Radon C battery radon monitor with an e-ink screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Screen
Method: Alpha spectrometry
First reading: Within 24 hours
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Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Lunenburg County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Lunenburg County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Charlotte CountyEPA zone 2
42.1%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.7 pCi/L · 19 tests
- 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 Brunswick CountyEPA zone 1
36.4%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.7 pCi/L · 33 tests
- Radon levels in Mecklenburg CountyEPA zone 2
34.2%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.0 pCi/L · 38 tests
- Radon levels in Nottoway CountyEPA zone 1
23.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 1.2 pCi/L · 17 tests
Lunenburg County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Lunenburg County
The Census Bureau estimates 12,058 residents in Lunenburg County for July 1, 2025, 109 more than in 2020 (+0.9%). That works out to 28 people per square mile of land. No town dominates: Victoria, the largest, has 1,744 residents, 14.5% of the total. Together its 2 incorporated places hold 23.6% of those residents; the other 76.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 5 tests over 2005 to 2014, or 0.4 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 4.4.
From Victoria to Kenbridge, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Lunenburg County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 1,744 | +0.3% | 14.5% |
| Kenbridge | 1,103 | +0.3% | 9.1% |
2 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).
Lunenburg County, Homes
Homes in Lunenburg County
Lunenburg County is a place of houses on their own lots: 78% of its 5,903 homes are detached single-family houses, against 61% across Virginia. The homes are older than Virginia's as a whole: half were built before 1974 (1984 for Virginia), and 30% date from before 1960. 72% of occupied homes are lived in by their owner (Virginia: 67%); in the rest a tenant can run a test, but a fix is the landlord's to make.
| Homes | Lunenburg County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 5,903 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 78% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 1% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 19% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 30% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 16% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1974 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 72% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.