Sinkhole risk in Chambers County, TX: 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 597 square miles, under one square mile of Chambers County maps onto soluble rock. With about 56,179 residents (94 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 314 map points about 1.4 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 Chambers County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 349 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jefferson County, TX 33 mi east · 0% at surface
Liberty County, TX 34 mi north · 0% at surface
Galveston County, TX 35 mi south · 0% at surface
Harris County, TX 45 mi west · 0% at surface
Hardin County, TX 47 mi north · 0% at surface
Orange County, TX 55 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Chambers County ranks 165 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.