Sinkhole risk in Doniphan County, KS: Mostly deep or small

Mostly deep or small

Some soluble rock, mostly deeply buried or in a small share of the county.

On soluble rock: 12%
At or near the surface: 0%
Buried under cover: 12%

What to do about a house in Doniphan County

Sinkholes are uncommon here; watch for new depressions after heavy rain or leaking pipes.

That works out to roughly 47 of Doniphan County's 393 square miles on soluble rock. With about 7,575 residents (19 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 242 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Doniphan County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Johnson County, KS, about 65 miles south. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Atchison County, KS 20 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Buchanan County, MO 20 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Holt County, MO 22 mi north · 0% at surface
Brown County, KS 23 mi west · 0% at surface
Andrew County, MO 23 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Platte County, MO 35 mi southeast · 0% at surface

What Doniphan County is built on

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Shawnee Group (limestone), Late Pennsylvanian- Virgilian in age, covering about 12% of the county.

Against the rest of Kansas

Doniphan County ranks 96 of 105 in Kansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.