Sinkhole risk in Chambers County, AL: 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 597 square miles, under one square mile of Chambers County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,813 residents (57 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 343 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Chambers County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Talladega County, AL, about 55 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lee County, AL 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Troup County, GA 23 mi east · 0% at surface
Tallapoosa County, AL 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Randolph County, AL 27 mi north · 0% at surface
Heard County, GA 30 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Harris County, GA 31 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Alabama

Chambers County ranks 54 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.