Sinkhole risk in Graves County, KY: 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 Graves County

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

Across 552 square miles, under one square mile of Graves County maps onto soluble rock. With about 36,821 residents (67 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 391 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Graves County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Livingston County, KY, about 37 miles northeast, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Hickman County, KY 18 mi west · 0% at surface
Carlisle County, KY 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Marshall County, KY 21 mi northeast · under 1% at surface
Calloway County, KY 22 mi east · 3% at surface
McCracken County, KY 23 mi north · 0% at surface
Weakley County, TN 29 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Graves County ranks 102 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.