Sinkhole risk in Adams County, WI: 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 to do about a house in Adams County

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

Across 646 square miles, under one square mile of Adams County maps onto soluble rock. With about 21,352 residents (33 per square mile), much of the land is open, and the mapped rock may sit far from where people actually live. The figures come from 319 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Adams County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 59 miles southwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Juneau County, WI 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Marquette County, WI 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Waushara County, WI 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Wood County, WI 36 mi north · 0% at surface
Portage County, WI 37 mi north · 0% at surface
Sauk County, WI 39 mi south · 16% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Adams County ranks 25 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.