Sinkhole risk in Desha County, AR: 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 Desha County

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

Across 741 square miles, under one square mile of Desha County maps onto soluble rock. With about 10,321 residents (14 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 535 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Desha County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Pontotoc County, MS, about 129 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Bolivar County, MS 21 mi east · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, AR 30 mi west · 21% at surface
Drew County, AR 32 mi southwest · 18% at surface
Arkansas County, AR 33 mi north · 0% at surface
Chicot County, AR 39 mi south · 0% at surface
Sunflower County, MS 40 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Desha County ranks 48 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.