Sinkhole risk in Effingham County, IL: 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 479 square miles, under one square mile of Effingham County maps onto soluble rock. With about 34,602 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 385 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Effingham County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is St. Louis County, MO, about 104 miles west. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clay County, IL 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Fayette County, IL 23 mi west · 0% at surface
Jasper County, IL 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Cumberland County, IL 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Shelby County, IL 26 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Marion County, IL 33 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Illinois

Effingham County ranks 47 of 102 in Illinois for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.