Sinkhole risk in Hood County, TX: Pockets of it

Pockets of it

Soluble rock at the surface or under thin cover in part of the county.

On soluble rock: 42%
At or near the surface: 42%
Buried under cover: 0%

The next step for one property

Check the parcel against your state survey sinkhole map, and ask for an inspection if cracks, depressions or sticking doors show up.

That works out to roughly 176 of Hood County's 421 square miles on soluble rock, 176 of them with the rock at or near the surface. With about 69,126 residents (164 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 306 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Hood County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Baylor County, TX, about 114 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Somervell County, TX 15 mi south · 35% at surface
Parker County, TX 24 mi north · 21% at surface
Erath County, TX 26 mi southwest · 27% at surface
Johnson County, TX 27 mi east · 18% at surface
Palo Pinto County, TX 36 mi northwest · 39% at surface
Bosque County, TX 38 mi south · 26% at surface

What Hood County is built on

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Glen Rose Limestone (limestone), Early Cretaceous in age, covering about 40% of the county. Next is the Duck Creek Limestone at 2%.

Against the rest of Texas

Hood County ranks 59 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 85% of US counties on that measure.