Sinkhole risk in Jackson 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 723 square miles, under one square mile of Jackson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 147,002 residents (203 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 358 map points about 1.4 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 Jackson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Holmes County, FL, about 169 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Harrison County, MS 27 mi west · 0% at surface
George County, MS 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Mobile County, AL 30 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Stone County, MS 37 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Hancock County, MS 51 mi west · 0% at surface
Greene County, MS 52 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Jackson County ranks 56 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.