Sinkhole risk in Greene County, AR: 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 577 square miles, under one square mile of Greene County maps onto soluble rock. With about 46,928 residents (81 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 296 map points about 1.4 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 Greene County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Randolph County, AR, about 30 miles northwest, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clay County, AR 19 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Craighead County, AR 21 mi south · 0% at surface
Dunklin County, MO 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Randolph County, AR 30 mi northwest · 60% at surface
Lawrence County, AR 30 mi west · 37% at surface
Mississippi County, AR 38 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Greene County ranks 51 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.