Sinkhole risk in Becker County, MN: 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 Becker County

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

Across 1,315 square miles, under one square mile of Becker County maps onto soluble rock. With about 35,444 residents (27 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 394 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Becker County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 315 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Mahnomen County, MN 27 mi north · 0% at surface
Clay County, MN 36 mi west · 0% at surface
Otter Tail County, MN 37 mi south · 0% at surface
Hubbard County, MN 41 mi east · 0% at surface
Wadena County, MN 43 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Norman County, MN 43 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Becker County ranks 10 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.