Sinkhole risk in Berrien 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 Berrien County

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

Across 568 square miles, under one square mile of Berrien County maps onto soluble rock. With about 152,703 residents (269 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 589 map points about 1.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Berrien County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barry County, MI, about 91 miles northeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

LaPorte County, IN 17 mi south · 0% at surface
Porter County, IN 26 mi southwest · 0% at surface
St. Joseph County, IN 26 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Starke County, IN 35 mi south · 0% at surface
Cass County, MI 39 mi east · 0% at surface
Lake County, IN 39 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Michigan

Berrien County ranks 21 of 83 in Michigan for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.