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In home: 90 days to 12 months
Locations and reports
Radon Levels in Nottoway County, Virginia
EPA puts Nottoway County in Zone 1, its highest radon zone, and only 8 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%
- Brunswick
- 36.4%
2 of 5 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
40.9%
Prince Edward County, 22 miles
- Prince Edward
- 40.9%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 44 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
100.0%
22.1 pts above Virginia
- Nottoway
- 100.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
18
Too few for a share
- Nottoway
- 18
- 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 Nottoway 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
Nottoway County, At a glance
Nottoway County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 1: highest predicted potential
EPA puts all of Nottoway 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 Nottoway County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 8 reported tests for Nottoway County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 2.1 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Nottoway County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 8 tests were reported to CDC for Nottoway 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).
Nottoway County, Compared
Nottoway County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Nottoway County rests on 18 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 5.6 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 6.7 pCi/L, with a middle value of 0.6 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 Brunswick County the smallest, 36.4%. Farther out, Chesterfield County (30 miles away) at 30.5%, Mecklenburg County (36 miles away) at 34.2% and Goochland County (41 miles away) at 31.3% 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 Nottoway 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.
Nottoway County, Geology
The ground under Nottoway County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Nottoway County's mapped land in one class: high radon potential. All of it lies in the area the map calls Goochland Terrane, to which USGS gives a radon index of 13, in the high band (12 to 17).
| 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 | 100% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Nottoway County beside the ground around it
Nottoway County has more high-potential ground than Virginia as a whole: 100% of its land against 47.9%. Of the 5 counties that border it, none has as large a share of high-potential ground; Amelia County comes nearest at 92.8%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Nottoway County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Nottoway 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
Nottoway County, Questions
Questions about radon in Nottoway County
Are radon levels high in Nottoway County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 25.0% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Nottoway County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 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 Brunswick County the smallest, 36.4%.
Which counties border Nottoway County?
Nottoway County borders 5 counties: Amelia County, Lunenburg County, Prince Edward County, Dinwiddie County and Brunswick County.
Products
Nottoway County, Products
Testing a home in Nottoway County
No CDC figure names Nottoway County; the nearest county with one, Prince Edward County (22 miles away), reported 40.9% 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 Nottoway 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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- Plug-in
- Alarm
- Screen
First reading: Within 48 hours
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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
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Nottoway County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Nottoway County
Calculated by Radon411- Radon levels in Amelia CountyEPA zone 1
45.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.9 pCi/L · 11 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 Dinwiddie CountyEPA zone 1
38.9%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.9 pCi/L · 18 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 Lunenburg CountyEPA zone 2
25.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 4 tests
Nottoway County, Cities and towns
Cities and towns in Nottoway County
The Census Bureau estimates 15,796 residents in Nottoway County for July 1, 2025, 154 more than in 2020 (+1.0%). That works out to 50 people per square mile of land. Its largest town, Blackstone, has 3,389 residents, 21.5% of the total. Together its 3 incorporated places hold 38.6% of those residents; the other 61.4% live outside any of them. Reported testing is thin here: 18 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 1.1 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 5.6.
From Blackstone to Burkeville, CDC publishes no figure by town: each reads Nottoway County's.
| Place | Residents | Since 2020 | Share of residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone | 3,389 | +1.0% | 21.5% |
| Crewe | 2,279 | +0.8% | 14.4% |
| Burkeville | 425 | +1.0% | 2.7% |
3 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).
Nottoway County, Homes
Homes in Nottoway County
Nottoway County is a place of houses on their own lots: 81% of its 6,683 homes are detached single-family houses, against 61% across Virginia. The homes are older than Virginia's as a whole: half were built before 1972 (1984 for Virginia), and 37% date from before 1960. 69% 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 | Nottoway County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 6,683 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 81% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 10% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 37% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 18% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1972 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 69% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.