Sinkhole risk in Jasper County, GA: 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 368 square miles, under one square mile of Jasper County maps onto soluble rock. With about 17,219 residents (47 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 291 map points about 1.1 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 Jasper County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 52 miles south. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Butts County, GA 16 mi west · 0% at surface
Putnam County, GA 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Newton County, GA 19 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Jones County, GA 22 mi south · 11% at surface
Morgan County, GA 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Monroe County, GA 25 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Jasper County ranks 114 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.