Sinkhole risk in Gilpin County, CO: 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 Gilpin County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 150 square miles, under one square mile of Gilpin County maps onto soluble rock. With about 5,963 residents (40 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 302 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Gilpin County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 233 miles northeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Clear Creek County, CO 14 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Boulder County, CO 18 mi northeast · 4% at surface
- Jefferson County, CO 25 mi southeast · 2% at surface
- Broomfield County, CO 26 mi east · 0% at surface
- Denver County, CO 35 mi east · 0% at surface
- Grand County, CO 35 mi northwest · 6% at surface
Against the rest of Colorado
Gilpin County ranks 53 of 64 in Colorado for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Pueblo County 45%
- Bent County 44%
- Otero County 42%
- Prowers County 35%
- Kiowa County 30%