Sinkhole risk in Elmore County, AL: 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 to do about a house in Elmore County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 619 square miles, under one square mile of Elmore County maps onto soluble rock. With about 91,042 residents (147 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 334 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Elmore County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Talladega County, AL, about 53 miles north. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Coosa County, AL 24 mi north · 3% at surface
- Tallapoosa County, AL 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Montgomery County, AL 27 mi south · 49% at surface
- Autauga County, AL 30 mi west · 2% at surface
- Macon County, AL 30 mi southeast · 8% at surface
- Chilton County, AL 38 mi northwest · 6% at surface
Against the rest of Alabama
Elmore County ranks 57 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Houston County 84%
- Jackson County 60%
- Colbert County 60%
- Talladega County 60%
- Lawrence County 60%