Sinkhole risk in DeSoto County, MS: 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 476 square miles, under one square mile of DeSoto County maps onto soluble rock. With about 195,871 residents (411 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 304 map points about 1.3 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 DeSoto County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Tippah County, MS, about 61 miles east. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Tate County, MS 16 mi south · 0% at surface
Shelby County, TN 22 mi north · 0% at surface
Tunica County, MS 27 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Crittenden County, AR 29 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Marshall County, MS 29 mi east · 1% at surface
Panola County, MS 35 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

DeSoto County ranks 45 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.