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 Prince George County, Virginia
EPA puts Prince George County in Zone 3, its lowest 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
30.5%
Chesterfield County
- Chesterfield
- 30.5%
1 of 7 neighbours have 30+ tests, 2006 to 2015
Nearest county
30.5%
Chesterfield County, 24 miles
- Chesterfield
- 30.5%
- Virginia
- 30.7%
Share at 4+ pCi/L, 645 tests, 2006 to 2015
Ground above low
None
77.9 pts below Virginia
- Prince George
- 0.0%
- Virginia
- 77.9%
Share of land USGS rates moderate or high potential
Tests reported
12
Too few for a share
- Prince George
- 12
- Needed
- 30
2007 to 2016, 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 Prince George 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
Prince George County, At a glance
Prince George County at a glance
Predicted: EPA radon zone
EPA Zone 3: lower predicted potential
USGS geologic potential: Low across 95% of the county's area
Predicted: EPA Map of Radon Zones
Measured: tests reported to CDC
Radon tests reported for Prince George County, 2008 to 2017, laboratory
CDC holds 11 reported tests for Prince George County over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, with a median of 1.7 pCi/L: too few to describe a county (Radon411 reads a share from 30 tests up). Prince George County beside the counties around it is how this page reads it.
What these figures count
Only 11 tests were reported to CDC for Prince George 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).
Prince George County, Compared
Prince George County radon figures, compared
Calculated by Radon411CDC's largest figure for Prince George County rests on 12 tests over the 2007 to 2016 laboratory totals, 2 of them at or above 4 pCi/L, so each test moves its share by 8.3 points and no rank or comparison is drawn from it. Results reached as high as 10.3 pCi/L, with a middle value of 2.0 pCi/L.
Chesterfield County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 30.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L. Farther out, Henrico County (26 miles away) at 25.7%, James City County (26 miles away) at 38.4% and Richmond city (27 miles away) at 28.0% 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 Prince George County in Zone 3, its lowest label: a predicted county average under 2 pCi/L. USGS geology rates 95% of the county's land low radon potential.
Pooled shares: Radon411's sum of CDC's county counts for one period.
Prince George County, Geology
The ground under Prince George County
PredictedUSGS's geologic map puts all of Prince George County's mapped land in one class: low radon potential. 95.4% of it lies in the area the map calls Tertiary Coastal Plain Sediments, to which USGS gives 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tertiary Coastal Plain Sediments | Tertiary Coastal Plain sand, silt, clay | Low | 8 | 95.4% |
Names, descriptions and indexes: U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Radon Potential Map (2025). Shares: Radon411, from the map cut to the boundary.
Prince George County beside the ground around it
Across Virginia 47.9% of the land is rated high; none of Prince George County's is. Of the 7 counties that border it, 2 have more high-potential ground, Dinwiddie County the most at 67.4%.
The map rates the ground, not the air in any home.
Local help
Prince George County, Local resources
Radon testing and mitigation in Prince George 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
Prince George County, Questions
Questions about radon in Prince George County
Are radon levels high in Prince George County?
Over the 2008 to 2017 laboratory totals, 18.2% of the radon tests reported to CDC for Prince George County, Virginia were at or above 4 pCi/L, and the median reported pre-mitigation result was 1.7 pCi/L. Chesterfield County, the one bordering county with a figure over the 2006 to 2015 laboratory totals, reported 30.5% of its tests at or above 4 pCi/L.
Which counties border Prince George County?
Prince George County borders 7 counties: Petersburg city, Hopewell city, Sussex County, Charles City County, Surry County, Dinwiddie County and Chesterfield County.
Products
Prince George County, Products
Testing a home in Prince George County
No CDC figure names Prince George County; the nearest county with one, Chesterfield County (24 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. 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 Prince George County.
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
MonitorAEGTEST
HOUND-3786 rechargeable radon monitor with a 3.5-inch color screen
- C-NRPP 2024/25: Not included
- Battery
- Alarm
- Screen
Method: Ion chamber
First reading: Within 10 minutes
- See every kit and monitor Test kits and monitors
Test kits and monitors: 1 of 3
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Prince George County, Bordering counties
Counties bordering Prince George County
Calculated by Radon411- 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 Hopewell cityEPA zone 3
38.5%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 3.1 pCi/L · 13 tests
- Radon levels in Charles City CountyEPA zone 3
33.3%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 2.1 pCi/L · 3 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 Petersburg cityEPA zone 1
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.5 pCi/L · 9 tests
- Radon levels in Sussex CountyEPA zone 3
0.0%at or above 4 pCi/L
Median 0.1 pCi/L · 1 test
- Radon levels in Surry CountyEPA zone 3
No CDC figure for 2006 to 2015; its page reads it against its own neighbours.
Prince George County, Residents
Who lives in Prince George County
The Census Bureau estimates 43,936 residents in Prince George County for July 1, 2025, 860 more than in 2020 (+2.0%). That works out to 166 people per square mile of land. Reported testing is thin here: 12 tests over 2007 to 2016, or 0.3 for every 1,000 residents (2025 estimate), where Virginia as a whole comes to 5.6.
Census lists no incorporated place in Prince George County: every home in it reads the county's figures.
Residents: U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for July 1, 2025 (Vintage 2025).
Prince George County, Homes
Homes in Prince George County
Prince George County is a place of houses on their own lots: 75% of its 13,444 homes are detached single-family houses, against 61% across Virginia. Half of its homes were built before 1991, close to Virginia's 1984: 7% date from before 1960 and 33% from 2000 or later. 74% 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 | Prince George County | Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 13,444 | 3,654,784 |
| Detached houses | 75% | 61% |
| In buildings of 5 or more | 4% | 19% |
| Mobile homes | 7% | 4% |
| Built before 1960 | 7% | 19% |
| Built since 2000 | 33% | 25% |
| Middle year built | 1991 | 1984 |
| Owner-occupied | 74% | 67% |
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2019 to 2023: estimates from a sample of homes, looser for a small place. Shares by Radon411.