Sinkhole risk in Copiah 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 to do about a house in Copiah County

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

Across 777 square miles, under one square mile of Copiah County maps onto soluble rock. With about 27,536 residents (35 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 327 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Copiah County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 139 miles northeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lincoln County, MS 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Hinds County, MS 28 mi north · 24% at surface
Claiborne County, MS 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Lawrence County, MS 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Simpson County, MS 31 mi east · 0% at surface
Jefferson County, MS 36 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Copiah County ranks 43 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.