Sinkhole risk in Cabarrus County, NC: 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 Cabarrus County

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

Across 361 square miles, under one square mile of Cabarrus County maps onto soluble rock. With about 244,925 residents (678 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 611 map points about 0.8 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 Cabarrus County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Chesterfield County, SC, about 56 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Rowan County, NC 18 mi north · 0% at surface
Stanly County, NC 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Mecklenburg County, NC 19 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Union County, NC 27 mi south · 0% at surface
Iredell County, NC 34 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Davidson County, NC 34 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of North Carolina

Cabarrus County ranks 68 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.