Sinkhole risk in Caswell 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 to do about a house in Caswell County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 426 square miles, under one square mile of Caswell County maps onto soluble rock. With about 22,363 residents (53 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 373 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Caswell County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Roanoke city, VA, about 70 miles northwest. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Danville city, VA 14 mi north · 1% at surface
- Person County, NC 20 mi east · 0% at surface
- Alamance County, NC 24 mi south · 0% at surface
- Rockingham County, NC 25 mi west · 9% at surface
- Orange County, NC 26 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Pittsylvania County, VA 30 mi north · 2% at surface
Against the rest of North Carolina
Caswell County ranks 70 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Duplin County 93%
- Jones County 92%
- Scotland County 91%
- Pender County 89%
- Robeson County 89%