Sinkhole risk in Hickman 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 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 242 square miles, under one square mile of Hickman County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,393 residents (18 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 600 map points about 0.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Hickman County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Livingston County, KY, about 50 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Carlisle County, KY 13 mi north · 0% at surface
Fulton County, KY 15 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Graves County, KY 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Mississippi County, MO 21 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Obion County, TN 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Ballard County, KY 26 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Hickman County ranks 104 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.