Sinkhole risk in Butler County, NE: 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 585 square miles, under one square mile of Butler County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,439 residents (14 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 345 map points about 1.3 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 Butler County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 105 miles north. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Polk County, NE 23 mi west · 2% at surface
- Colfax County, NE 24 mi north · 0% at surface
- Seward County, NE 24 mi south · 0% at surface
- Saunders County, NE 25 mi east · 0% at surface
- Platte County, NE 31 mi northwest · 19% at surface
- York County, NE 34 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Butler County ranks 42 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%