Sinkhole risk in Dodge County, NE: 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 529 square miles, under one square mile of Dodge County maps onto soluble rock. With about 37,884 residents (72 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 309 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 Dodge County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 97 miles northwest. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Washington County, NE 22 mi east · 0% at surface
- Colfax County, NE 23 mi west · 0% at surface
- Saunders County, NE 24 mi south · 0% at surface
- Cuming County, NE 25 mi north · 0% at surface
- Burt County, NE 25 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Douglas County, NE 32 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Dodge County ranks 55 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%