Sinkhole risk in Greenville County, SC: 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 Greenville County

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

Across 786 square miles, under one square mile of Greenville County maps onto soluble rock. With about 570,745 residents (726 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 469 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Greenville County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Cocke County, TN, about 82 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Pickens County, SC 20 mi west · 0% at surface
Spartanburg County, SC 22 mi east · 0% at surface
Polk County, NC 29 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Anderson County, SC 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Henderson County, NC 31 mi north · 3% at surface
Transylvania County, NC 33 mi northwest · 5% at surface

Against the rest of South Carolina

Greenville County ranks 40 of 46 in South Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.