Sinkhole risk in De Soto Parish, LA: 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 876 square miles, under one square mile of De Soto Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 27,274 residents (31 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 254 map points about 1.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around De Soto Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Adair County, OK, about 270 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Red River Parish, LA 23 mi east · 0% at surface
Shelby County, TX 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Panola County, TX 34 mi west · 0% at surface
Sabine Parish, LA 36 mi south · 0% at surface
Caddo Parish, LA 37 mi north · 0% at surface
Bossier Parish, LA 45 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

De Soto Parish ranks 16 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.