Sinkhole risk in Gogebic County, MI: 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 1,102 square miles, under one square mile of Gogebic County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,217 residents (13 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 367 map points about 1.7 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 Gogebic County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 206 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Iron County, WI 25 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Vilas County, WI 33 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Ontonagon County, MI 34 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Ashland County, WI 43 mi west · 0% at surface
Oneida County, WI 55 mi south · 0% at surface
Price County, WI 62 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Michigan

Gogebic County ranks 35 of 83 in Michigan for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.