Sinkhole risk in Goochland County, VA: 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 Goochland County

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

Across 282 square miles, under one square mile of Goochland County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,223 residents (100 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 436 map points about 0.8 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 Goochland County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Waynesboro city, VA, about 59 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Powhatan County, VA 12 mi south · 0% at surface
Louisa County, VA 18 mi north · 0% at surface
Fluvanna County, VA 21 mi west · 0% at surface
Cumberland County, VA 23 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Hanover County, VA 23 mi east · 11% at surface
Amelia County, VA 27 mi south · 2% at surface

Against the rest of Virginia

Goochland County ranks 105 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.