Sinkhole risk in Holmes 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 Holmes County

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

Across 757 square miles, under one square mile of Holmes County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,560 residents (21 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 578 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Holmes County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 73 miles east. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Carroll County, MS 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Humphreys County, MS 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Attala County, MS 29 mi east · 0% at surface
Yazoo County, MS 30 mi southwest · 3% at surface
Leflore County, MS 32 mi north · 0% at surface
Madison County, MS 34 mi south · under 1% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Holmes County ranks 53 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.