Sinkhole risk in Clay County, AL: 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 604 square miles, under one square mile of Clay County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,239 residents (24 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 279 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Clay County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Talladega County, AL, about 19 miles west, 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.
- Talladega County, AL 19 mi west · 60% at surface
- Randolph County, AL 23 mi east · 0% at surface
- Tallapoosa County, AL 28 mi south · 0% at surface
- Coosa County, AL 32 mi southwest · 3% at surface
- Cleburne County, AL 34 mi northeast · 2% at surface
- Calhoun County, AL 35 mi north · 52% at surface
Against the rest of Alabama
Clay County ranks 55 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Houston County 84%
- Jackson County 60%
- Colbert County 60%
- Talladega County 60%
- Lawrence County 60%