Sinkhole risk in Cuming County, NE: 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 Cuming County

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

Across 570 square miles, under one square mile of Cuming County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,952 residents (16 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 391 map points about 1.2 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 Cuming County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 75 miles northwest. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Stanton County, NE 20 mi west · 0% at surface
Thurston County, NE 21 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Burt County, NE 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Dodge County, NE 25 mi south · 0% at surface
Wayne County, NE 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Colfax County, NE 28 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Nebraska

Cuming County ranks 49 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.