Sinkhole risk in Calcasieu Parish, LA: 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%

The next step for one property

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

Across 1,064 square miles, under one square mile of Calcasieu Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 206,861 residents (194 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 279 map points about 2.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Calcasieu Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 343 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Cameron Parish, LA 27 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Beauregard Parish, LA 29 mi north · 0% at surface
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA 32 mi east · 0% at surface
Orange County, TX 33 mi west · 0% at surface
Allen Parish, LA 43 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Newton County, TX 45 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish ranks 10 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.