Sinkhole risk in Holmes County, OH: 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%

The next step for one property

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

Across 423 square miles, under one square mile of Holmes County maps onto soluble rock. With about 44,668 residents (106 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 375 map points about 1.1 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 Holmes County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Monroe County, MI, about 123 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Wayne County, OH 18 mi north · 0% at surface
Coshocton County, OH 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Tuscarawas County, OH 25 mi east · 0% at surface
Ashland County, OH 26 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Knox County, OH 28 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Stark County, OH 34 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Holmes County ranks 41 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.