Sinkhole risk in Cabell County, WV: 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 Cabell County

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

Across 281 square miles, under one square mile of Cabell County maps onto soluble rock. With about 91,489 residents (326 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 466 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Cabell County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Fleming County, KY, about 79 miles west. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Putnam County, WV 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, WV 19 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Lawrence County, OH 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Wayne County, WV 21 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Boyd County, KY 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Mason County, WV 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Cabell County ranks 30 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.