Sinkhole risk in Hot Spring County, AR: 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 615 square miles, under one square mile of Hot Spring County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,313 residents (54 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 244 map points about 1.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Hot Spring County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Marion County, AR, about 136 miles north. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Garland County, AR 22 mi northwest · 12% at surface
Clark County, AR 22 mi southwest · 21% at surface
Saline County, AR 28 mi northeast · 31% at surface
Dallas County, AR 29 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Grant County, AR 30 mi east · 23% at surface
Pike County, AR 42 mi west · 15% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Hot Spring County ranks 52 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.