Sinkhole risk in Greene County, GA: 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 388 square miles, under one square mile of Greene County maps onto soluble rock. With about 21,091 residents (54 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 553 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Greene County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 79 miles southwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Taliaferro County, GA 17 mi east · 0% at surface
Morgan County, GA 19 mi west · 0% at surface
Oglethorpe County, GA 21 mi north · 0% at surface
Putnam County, GA 21 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Hancock County, GA 23 mi southeast · under 1% at surface
Oconee County, GA 24 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Greene County ranks 104 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.