Sinkhole risk in Cherokee County, GA: No soluble rock mapped

No soluble rock mapped

No soluble bedrock mapped.

On soluble rock: under 1%
At or near the surface: under 1%
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.

That works out to roughly 4 of Cherokee County's 421 square miles on soluble rock, 4 of them with the rock at or near the surface. With about 293,513 residents (697 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 324 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Cherokee County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Bartow County, GA, about 21 miles west, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Pickens County, GA 15 mi north · 1% at surface
Forsyth County, GA 20 mi east · 0% at surface
Bartow County, GA 21 mi west · 62% at surface
Cobb County, GA 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Dawson County, GA 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Gordon County, GA 29 mi northwest · 61% at surface

The rock underneath

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Calcareous mica schist/ Micaceous marble/ Mica schist (mica schist), Age not given in age, covering about under 1% of the county.

Against the rest of Georgia

Cherokee County ranks 66 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 55% of US counties on that measure.