Sinkhole risk in Baraga County, MI: 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 Baraga County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 898 square miles, under one square mile of Baraga County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,169 residents (9 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 309 map points about 1.7 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 Baraga County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emmet County, MI, about 179 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Houghton County, MI 25 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Marquette County, MI 37 mi east · 0% at surface
- Iron County, MI 37 mi south · 0% at surface
- Ontonagon County, MI 44 mi west · 0% at surface
- Keweenaw County, MI 46 mi north · 0% at surface
- Dickinson County, MI 53 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Michigan
Baraga County ranks 17 of 83 in Michigan for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Charlevoix County 11%
- Leelanau County 7%
- Cheboygan County 1%
- Schoolcraft County 1%
- Luce County under 1%