Sinkhole risk in Burnett County, WI: 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 822 square miles, under one square mile of Burnett County maps onto soluble rock. With about 17,187 residents (21 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 243 map points about 1.8 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 Burnett County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 174 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Pine County, MN 25 mi northwest · 1% at surface
Washburn County, WI 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Polk County, WI 28 mi south · 0% at surface
Chisago County, MN 36 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Barron County, WI 39 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Kanabec County, MN 45 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Burnett County ranks 29 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.