Sinkhole risk in Dawson County, GA: 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 211 square miles, under one square mile of Dawson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,748 residents (160 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 498 map points about 0.7 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 Dawson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Gordon County, GA, about 40 miles west. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lumpkin County, GA 13 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Forsyth County, GA 15 mi south · 0% at surface
Pickens County, GA 18 mi west · 1% at surface
Hall County, GA 22 mi southeast · under 1% at surface
Cherokee County, GA 22 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
Gilmer County, GA 23 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Dawson County ranks 92 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.