Sinkhole risk in Chippewa County, MN: 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 581 square miles, under one square mile of Chippewa County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,299 residents (21 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 570 map points about 1.0 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 Chippewa County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 202 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Swift County, MN 18 mi north · 0% at surface
Yellow Medicine County, MN 26 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Kandiyohi County, MN 29 mi east · 0% at surface
Lac qui Parle County, MN 30 mi west · 0% at surface
Renville County, MN 36 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Pope County, MN 39 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Chippewa County ranks 19 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.