SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Baldwin County, AL: 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 Baldwin County

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

Across 1,590 square miles, under one square mile of Baldwin County maps onto soluble rock. With about 261,608 residents (165 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 583 map points about 1.7 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 Baldwin County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Holmes County, FL, about 115 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Alabama

Baldwin County ranks 53 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.