Sinkhole risk in Burleson County, TX: 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 659 square miles, under one square mile of Burleson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,179 residents (31 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 560 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Burleson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 220 miles northwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Brazos County, TX 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Washington County, TX 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Lee County, TX 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Milam County, TX 30 mi northwest · 11% at surface
Robertson County, TX 37 mi north · 0% at surface
Grimes County, TX 38 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Burleson County ranks 159 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.