Sinkhole risk in Assumption Parish, LA: 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 Assumption Parish

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

Across 344 square miles, under one square mile of Assumption Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,050 residents (58 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 542 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Assumption Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 266 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

St. James Parish, LA 18 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Ascension Parish, LA 23 mi northeast · 0% at surface
St. Mary Parish, LA 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Iberville Parish, LA 31 mi northwest · 0% at surface
St. Martin Parish, LA 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA 38 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Assumption Parish ranks 4 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.