Sinkhole risk in Cotton County, OK: 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%
The next step for one property
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 633 square miles, under one square mile of Cotton County maps onto soluble rock. With about 5,503 residents (9 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.
Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Cotton County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Wilbarger County, TX, about 52 miles west. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Comanche County, OK 26 mi north · 13% at surface
- Wichita County, TX 28 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
- Stephens County, OK 32 mi northeast · 9% at surface
- Tillman County, OK 32 mi west · 0% at surface
- Jefferson County, OK 33 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Clay County, TX 36 mi south · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Oklahoma
Cotton County ranks 66 of 77 in Oklahoma for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Delaware County 94%
- Adair County 79%
- Caddo County 79%
- Harmon County 77%
- Cherokee County 66%