Sinkhole risk in Bond County, IL: 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 Bond County

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

Across 380 square miles, under one square mile of Bond County maps onto soluble rock. With about 16,576 residents (44 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 372 map points about 1.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Bond County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is St. Louis County, MO, about 57 miles west. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clinton County, IL 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Montgomery County, IL 24 mi north · 0% at surface
Fayette County, IL 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Madison County, IL 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Marion County, IL 32 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Washington County, IL 37 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Illinois

Bond County ranks 28 of 102 in Illinois for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.