Sinkhole risk in Boone County, WV: 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 Boone County

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

Across 502 square miles, under one square mile of Boone County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,496 residents (41 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 587 map points about 0.9 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 Boone County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 53 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Logan County, WV 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, WV 22 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Kanawha County, WV 23 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Wyoming County, WV 30 mi south · 0% at surface
Raleigh County, WV 30 mi southeast · 2% at surface
Mingo County, WV 32 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Boone County ranks 28 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.