SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in DeWitt County, TX: 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 909 square miles, under one square mile of DeWitt County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,252 residents (22 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 504 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

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Counties around DeWitt County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 247 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Texas

DeWitt County ranks 171 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.