Sinkhole risk in Choctaw County, MS: 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 418 square miles, under one square mile of Choctaw County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,091 residents (19 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 274 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Choctaw County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 22 miles east, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Webster County, MS 18 mi north · 7% at surface
- Winston County, MS 22 mi southeast · 18% at surface
- Oktibbeha County, MS 22 mi east · 94% at surface
- Montgomery County, MS 25 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Attala County, MS 26 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Clay County, MS 35 mi northeast · 94% at surface
Against the rest of Mississippi
Choctaw County ranks 40 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Clay County 94%
- Oktibbeha County 94%
- Chickasaw County 93%
- Noxubee County 88%
- Pontotoc County 82%