Sinkhole risk in Cumberland County, IL: 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 346 square miles, under one square mile of Cumberland County maps onto soluble rock. With about 10,305 residents (30 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 390 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Cumberland County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Monroe County, IN, about 92 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Coles County, IL 17 mi north · 0% at surface
Jasper County, IL 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Clark County, IL 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Effingham County, IL 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Shelby County, IL 31 mi west · 0% at surface
Crawford County, IL 32 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Illinois

Cumberland County ranks 40 of 102 in Illinois for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.