SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Breathitt 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 Breathitt County

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

Across 492 square miles, under one square mile of Breathitt County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,804 residents (26 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 593 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 Breathitt County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Clark County, KY, about 55 miles northwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Kentucky

Breathitt County ranks 96 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.