Sinkhole risk in Franklin County, MS: 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 564 square miles, under one square mile of Franklin County maps onto soluble rock. With about 7,516 residents (13 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 381 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Franklin County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 177 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jefferson County, MS 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Amite County, MS 20 mi south · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, MS 26 mi east · 0% at surface
Adams County, MS 27 mi west · 0% at surface
Wilkinson County, MS 33 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Claiborne County, MS 34 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Franklin County ranks 47 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.