Sinkhole risk in Daviess County, IN: No soluble rock mapped

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 430 square miles, under one square mile of Daviess County maps onto soluble rock. With about 34,097 residents (79 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 298 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Daviess County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Lawrence County, IN, about 33 miles east, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

• Martin County, IN 15 mi east · 23% at surface
• Knox County, IN 19 mi west · 0% at surface
• Pike County, IN 22 mi south · 0% at surface
• Greene County, IN 25 mi north · 20% at surface
• Dubois County, IN 25 mi southeast · 5% at surface
• Sullivan County, IN 33 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Indiana

Daviess County ranks 43 of 92 in Indiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.

• Harrison County 94%
• Orange County 90%
• Crawford County 83%
• Lawrence County 71%
• Washington County 62%