Sinkhole risk in Franklin Parish, LA: 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 624 square miles, under one square mile of Franklin Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,107 residents (31 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 265 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Franklin Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 185 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Richland Parish, LA 19 mi north · 0% at surface
Tensas Parish, LA 22 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Caldwell Parish, LA 26 mi west · 0% at surface
Madison Parish, LA 29 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Catahoula Parish, LA 34 mi south · 0% at surface
Ouachita Parish, LA 37 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Franklin Parish ranks 21 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.