Sinkhole risk in Crow Wing County, MN: 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 998 square miles, under one square mile of Crow Wing County maps onto soluble rock. With about 68,642 residents (69 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 360 map points about 1.7 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 Crow Wing County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 255 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Aitkin County, MN 32 mi east · 0% at surface
Morrison County, MN 34 mi south · 0% at surface
Cass County, MN 34 mi north · 0% at surface
Wadena County, MN 44 mi west · 0% at surface
Mille Lacs County, MN 44 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Todd County, MN 49 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Crow Wing County ranks 25 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.