Sinkhole risk in Braxton 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 511 square miles, under one square mile of Braxton County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,051 residents (24 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 610 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Braxton County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 72 miles south. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Gilmer County, WV 16 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Webster County, WV 21 mi southeast · 3% at surface
Calhoun County, WV 23 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Lewis County, WV 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Clay County, WV 25 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Nicholas County, WV 28 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Braxton County ranks 29 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.