Sinkhole risk in Clarke County, GA: 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 to do about a house in Clarke County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 119 square miles, under one square mile of Clarke County maps onto soluble rock. With about 129,995 residents (1,090 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 576 map points about 0.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Clarke County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Bartow County, GA, about 86 miles west. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Oconee County, GA 9 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Madison County, GA 15 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Jackson County, GA 17 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Oglethorpe County, GA 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Barrow County, GA 20 mi west · 0% at surface
Walton County, GA 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Clarke County ranks 86 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.