Sinkhole risk in Clay County, TX: 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 1,089 square miles, under one square mile of Clay County maps onto soluble rock. With about 10,730 residents (10 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 352 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Clay County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Baylor County, TX, about 58 miles west. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Montague County, TX 29 mi east · 4% at surface
Archer County, TX 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Jefferson County, OK 31 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Wichita County, TX 32 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
Cotton County, OK 36 mi north · 0% at surface
Jack County, TX 38 mi south · 23% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Clay County ranks 167 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.