Sinkhole risk in Gilmer County, WV: 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 339 square miles, under one square mile of Gilmer County maps onto soluble rock. With about 7,116 residents (21 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 548 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Gilmer County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 87 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Calhoun County, WV 15 mi west · 0% at surface
Braxton County, WV 16 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Lewis County, WV 20 mi east · 0% at surface
Ritchie County, WV 21 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Doddridge County, WV 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Wirt County, WV 30 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Gilmer County ranks 34 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.