Sinkhole risk in George 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%

What to do about a house in George County

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

Across 479 square miles, under one square mile of George County maps onto soluble rock. With about 25,880 residents (54 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 380 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around George County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 156 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Greene County, MS 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Jackson County, MS 28 mi south · 0% at surface
Stone County, MS 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Mobile County, AL 29 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Perry County, MS 30 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Harrison County, MS 40 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

George County ranks 48 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.