Sinkhole risk in Jackson County, WV: 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 464 square miles, under one square mile of Jackson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 27,718 residents (60 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 601 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Jackson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 93 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Roane County, WV 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Mason County, WV 19 mi west · 0% at surface
Wirt County, WV 20 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Putnam County, WV 26 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Meigs County, OH 26 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Wood County, WV 27 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Jackson County ranks 35 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.