Sinkhole risk in Beltrami 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 Beltrami County

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

Across 2,505 square miles, under one square mile of Beltrami County maps onto soluble rock. With about 46,762 residents (19 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 287 map points about 3.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Beltrami County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 358 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clearwater County, MN 27 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Pennington County, MN 50 mi west · 0% at surface
Red Lake County, MN 50 mi west · 0% at surface
Mahnomen County, MN 53 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Hubbard County, MN 54 mi south · 0% at surface
Lake of the Woods County, MN 62 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Beltrami County ranks 11 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.