Sinkhole risk in Butts County, GA: 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 Butts County

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

Across 184 square miles, under one square mile of Butts County maps onto soluble rock. With about 27,127 residents (148 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 551 map points about 0.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Butts County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 50 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jasper County, GA 16 mi east · 0% at surface
Henry County, GA 16 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Lamar County, GA 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Monroe County, GA 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Spalding County, GA 19 mi west · 0% at surface
Newton County, GA 19 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Butts County ranks 81 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.