Sinkhole risk in Fountain County, IN: 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 Fountain County

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

Across 396 square miles, under one square mile of Fountain County maps onto soluble rock. With about 16,833 residents (43 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 299 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Fountain County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Monroe County, IN, about 76 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Warren County, IN 18 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Montgomery County, IN 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Vermillion County, IN 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Parke County, IN 24 mi south · under 1% at surface
Tippecanoe County, IN 26 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Vermilion County, IL 26 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Indiana

Fountain County ranks 48 of 92 in Indiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.