Sinkhole risk in Florence County, WI: 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 488 square miles, under one square mile of Florence County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,673 residents (10 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 329 map points about 1.2 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 Florence County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emmet County, MI, about 166 miles east. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Iron County, MI 22 mi north · 0% at surface
Forest County, WI 23 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Dickinson County, MI 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Marinette County, WI 41 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Menominee County, MI 49 mi southeast · under 1% at surface
Langlade County, WI 53 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Florence County ranks 36 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.