Sinkhole risk in Camden 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 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 240 square miles, under one square mile of Camden County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,184 residents (47 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 279 map points about 0.9 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 Camden County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Hertford County, NC, about 46 miles west. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Pasquotank County, NC 8 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Currituck County, NC 12 mi east · 0% at surface
Perquimans County, NC 17 mi southwest · 3% at surface
Chesapeake city, VA 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Chowan County, NC 29 mi southwest · 15% at surface
Gates County, NC 31 mi west · 46% at surface

Against the rest of North Carolina

Camden County ranks 69 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.