Sinkhole risk in Hancock County, MS: 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 Hancock County

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

Across 474 square miles, under one square mile of Hancock County maps onto soluble rock. With about 46,492 residents (98 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 266 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Hancock County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 195 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Harrison County, MS 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Pearl River County, MS 27 mi north · 0% at surface
St. Tammany Parish, LA 28 mi west · 0% at surface
St. Bernard Parish, LA 35 mi south · 0% at surface
Stone County, MS 35 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Orleans Parish, LA 36 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Hancock County ranks 51 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.