Sinkhole risk in Archuleta County, CO: 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%
The next step for one property
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,350 square miles, under one square mile of Archuleta County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,112 residents (10 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 328 map points about 2.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Archuleta County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 235 miles northwest. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Mineral County, CO 24 mi north · 0% at surface
- Rio Grande County, CO 38 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- La Plata County, CO 44 mi west · 2% at surface
- Hinsdale County, CO 46 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
- Conejos County, CO 48 mi east · 0% at surface
- Rio Arriba County, NM 52 mi southeast · 6% at surface
Against the rest of Colorado
Archuleta County ranks 43 of 64 in Colorado for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Pueblo County 45%
- Bent County 44%
- Otero County 42%
- Prowers County 35%
- Kiowa County 30%