Sinkhole risk in Gilmer County, GA: 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 Gilmer County

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

Across 426 square miles, under one square mile of Gilmer County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,327 residents (78 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 310 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Gilmer County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Gordon County, GA, about 27 miles southwest, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Fannin County, GA 14 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Pickens County, GA 16 mi south · 1% at surface
Murray County, GA 18 mi northwest · 30% at surface
Dawson County, GA 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Gordon County, GA 27 mi southwest · 61% at surface
Lumpkin County, GA 27 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Gilmer County ranks 102 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.