Sinkhole risk in Adams County, MS: No soluble rock mapped

No soluble rock mapped

No soluble bedrock mapped.

On soluble rock: 0%
At or near the surface: 0%
Buried under cover: 0%

What this means before you buy

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 462 square miles, under one square mile of Adams County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,674 residents (62 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 454 map points about 1.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Adams County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 197 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Concordia Parish, LA 16 mi west · 0% at surface
Wilkinson County, MS 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Jefferson County, MS 25 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Franklin County, MS 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Catahoula Parish, LA 32 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Tensas Parish, LA 36 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Adams County ranks 35 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.