Sinkhole risk in Arkansas County, AR: 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 992 square miles, under one square mile of Arkansas County maps onto soluble rock. With about 16,050 residents (16 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 257 map points about 2.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Arkansas County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Izard County, AR, about 128 miles north. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Monroe County, AR 29 mi north · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, AR 31 mi southwest · 21% at surface
Phillips County, AR 31 mi east · 0% at surface
Jefferson County, AR 32 mi west · 14% at surface
Desha County, AR 33 mi south · 0% at surface
Prairie County, AR 39 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Arkansas County ranks 36 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.