Sinkhole risk in Fulton 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 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 206 square miles, under one square mile of Fulton County maps onto soluble rock. With about 6,282 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 240 map points about 0.9 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 Fulton County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Cape Girardeau County, MO, about 64 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Obion County, TN 13 mi south · 0% at surface
Hickman County, KY 15 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Mississippi County, MO 20 mi north · 0% at surface
Lake County, TN 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Carlisle County, KY 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
New Madrid County, MO 26 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Fulton County ranks 101 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.