Is Wheeler County, GA a radon risk area?

EPA places Wheeler County in Zone 3 - Low Potential — a predicted county-wide average indoor radon level below 2 pCi/L, based on the geology, soil and aerial radioactivity data behind EPA's national map. Wheeler County sits at the 4th percentile nationally for radon potential — above 4 of every 100 rated counties.

How Wheeler County compares

About 7,076 people live in Wheeler County, Georgia, spread over 295.493 square miles. Population density there runs about 24 people per square mile. Rank 901 by population within its EPA zone puts Wheeler County at the 13th percentile among zone peers. EPA's geology-based Region 4 groups Wheeler County with 735 other counties nationally sharing its underlying rock and soil profile.

What this actually means for a house in Wheeler County

A Zone 3 county like Wheeler County is predicted closer to the 0.4 pCi/L typical outdoors than to EPA's 4 pCi/L action level. Don't read Zone 3 as a pass for Wheeler County — EPA's guidance to test every home makes no exception for counties predicted low.

Next steps for a home in Wheeler County

Nothing about Wheeler 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

Wheeler County's test kit answers today; a Airthings radon monitor keeps answering for Wheeler 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

Wheeler County's zone, rank and region all trace back to named EPA and Census sources — the methodology guide lists exactly which ones. Whatever zone Wheeler County carries, the zone explainer covers what it does and doesn't tell you about any one house.