Sinkhole risk in Carroll County, MS: 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 628 square miles, under one square mile of Carroll County maps onto soluble rock. With about 9,378 residents (15 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 266 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Carroll County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 60 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Montgomery County, MS 17 mi east · 0% at surface
Leflore County, MS 23 mi west · 0% at surface
Grenada County, MS 24 mi north · 0% at surface
Holmes County, MS 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Attala County, MS 31 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Tallahatchie County, MS 38 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Carroll County ranks 39 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.