Sinkhole risk in Fayette 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 this means before you buy

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 628 square miles, under one square mile of Fayette County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,863 residents (25 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 294 map points about 1.5 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 Fayette County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Clay County, MS, about 59 miles west. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lamar County, AL 19 mi west · 0% at surface
Walker County, AL 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Marion County, AL 30 mi north · 0% at surface
Tuscaloosa County, AL 33 mi southeast · 2% at surface
Pickens County, AL 35 mi southwest · 4% at surface
Winston County, AL 38 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Alabama

Fayette County ranks 59 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.