Sinkhole risk in Hooker County, NE: 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 Hooker County

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

Across 721 square miles, under one square mile of Hooker County maps onto soluble rock. With about 698 residents (1 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 393 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Hooker County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 117 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

McPherson County, NE 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Thomas County, NE 31 mi east · 0% at surface
Grant County, NE 33 mi west · 0% at surface
Arthur County, NE 38 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Logan County, NE 43 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Cherry County, NE 45 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Nebraska

Hooker County ranks 63 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.