Sinkhole risk in Claiborne 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%

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 487 square miles, under one square mile of Claiborne County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,122 residents (17 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 539 map points about 1.0 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 Claiborne County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 155 miles northeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jefferson County, MS 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Tensas Parish, LA 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Warren County, MS 27 mi north · 18% at surface
Copiah County, MS 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Madison Parish, LA 32 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Hinds County, MS 33 mi northeast · 24% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Claiborne County ranks 41 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.