Is Screven County, GA a radon risk area?

EPA's own radon map rates Screven County zone 3 - low potential, predicting a county-wide average indoor level below 2 pCi/L. Nationally that's the 10th percentile for radon potential — Screven County outranks 10% of every county EPA has rated.

Where Screven County sits nationally

About 14,325 people live in Screven County, Georgia, spread over 645.821 square miles. That works out to roughly 22 people per square mile. Rank 724 by population within its EPA zone puts Screven County at the 30th percentile among zone peers. Geologically, Screven County is grouped into EPA Region 4 alongside 735 other counties that share its rock and soil setting.

Why the zone isn't the answer by itself

Well clear of both the 1.3 pCi/L national indoor average and EPA's 4 pCi/L action level, Screven County's Zone 3 prediction is the low end of the scale. Don't read Zone 3 as a pass for Screven County — EPA's guidance to test every home makes no exception for counties predicted low.

If Screven County tests above the action level

Nothing about Screven County's EPA zone changes the mitigation number: $800–$2,500 nationally (around $1,200 typical), set by the house's foundation rather than the county it sits in — and only relevant once a test actually clears 4 pCi/L.

Find Georgia's state radon program

Screven County's test kit answers today; a Airthings radon monitor keeps answering for Screven County over time. Affiliate link, RadonZoneCheck earns a commission there, at no extra cost to you. Code RADONZONE-10OFF takes 10% off at checkout.

More on how this number was built

Every figure on this page traces to EPA's own Map of Radon Zones and Census data, documented in the methodology guide. Whatever zone Screven County carries, the zone explainer covers what it does and doesn't tell you about any one house.