Sinkhole risk in Boyd County, KY: 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 Boyd County

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

Across 160 square miles, under one square mile of Boyd County maps onto soluble rock. With about 47,777 residents (299 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 257 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Boyd County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Fleming County, KY, about 55 miles west. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lawrence County, OH 19 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Greenup County, KY 20 mi northwest · 1% at surface
Carter County, KY 20 mi west · 9% at surface
Lawrence County, KY 20 mi south · 0% at surface
Wayne County, WV 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Cabell County, WV 24 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Boyd County ranks 95 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.