SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Fluvanna County, VA: 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 287 square miles, under one square mile of Fluvanna County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,746 residents (100 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 579 map points about 0.7 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 Fluvanna County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Waynesboro city, VA, about 37 miles northwest, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Virginia

Fluvanna County ranks 104 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.