Sinkhole risk in Jackson Parish, LA: 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 570 square miles, under one square mile of Jackson Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,797 residents (26 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 331 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Jackson Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 227 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lincoln Parish, LA 21 mi north · 0% at surface
Winn Parish, LA 26 mi south · 0% at surface
Ouachita Parish, LA 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Bienville Parish, LA 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Caldwell Parish, LA 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Union Parish, LA 38 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Jackson Parish ranks 25 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.