Sinkhole risk in Delta County, CO: 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 1,142 square miles, under one square mile of Delta County maps onto soluble rock. With about 32,215 residents (28 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 252 map points about 2.1 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 Delta County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 154 miles west. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Mesa County, CO 34 mi west · under 1% at surface
- Montrose County, CO 38 mi southwest · 1% at surface
- Gunnison County, CO 45 mi east · 2% at surface
- Ouray County, CO 49 mi south · under 1% at surface
- Garfield County, CO 51 mi north · 15% at surface
- Pitkin County, CO 57 mi northeast · 5% at surface
Against the rest of Colorado
Delta County ranks 49 of 64 in Colorado for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Pueblo County 45%
- Bent County 44%
- Otero County 42%
- Prowers County 35%
- Kiowa County 30%