Sinkhole risk in Henderson 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 Henderson County

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

Across 436 square miles, under one square mile of Henderson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 44,175 residents (101 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 243 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Henderson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Crittenden County, KY, about 42 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Vanderburgh County, IN 16 mi north · 0% at surface
Webster County, KY 20 mi south · 0% at surface
Union County, KY 23 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Posey County, IN 23 mi northwest · 0% at surface
McLean County, KY 25 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Warrick County, IN 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Henderson County ranks 103 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.