Sinkhole risk in Carlisle County, KY: 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 189 square miles, under one square mile of Carlisle County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,777 residents (25 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 327 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 Carlisle County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Livingston County, KY, about 42 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Hickman County, KY 13 mi south · 0% at surface
Ballard County, KY 14 mi north · 0% at surface
Mississippi County, MO 18 mi west · 0% at surface
McCracken County, KY 20 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Graves County, KY 20 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Fulton County, KY 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Carlisle County ranks 97 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.