Sinkhole risk in Floyd County, KY: 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 Floyd County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 393 square miles, under one square mile of Floyd County maps onto soluble rock. With about 34,532 residents (88 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 603 map points about 0.8 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 Floyd County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Russell County, VA, about 56 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Knott County, KY 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Pike County, KY 19 mi east · under 1% at surface
- Magoffin County, KY 21 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Johnson County, KY 21 mi north · 0% at surface
- Martin County, KY 21 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Letcher County, KY 31 mi south · 4% at surface
Against the rest of Kentucky
Floyd County ranks 100 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Woodford County 99%
- Simpson County 99%
- Fayette County 95%
- Logan County 93%
- Jessamine County 93%