Sinkhole risk in Jeff Davis County, GA: Pockets of it

Pockets of it

Soluble rock at the surface or under thin cover in part of the county.

On soluble rock: 100%
At or near the surface: 0%
Buried under cover: 100%

The next step for one property

Check the parcel against your state survey sinkhole map, and ask for an inspection if cracks, depressions or sticking doors show up.

That works out to roughly 331 of Jeff Davis County's 331 square miles on soluble rock. With about 15,119 residents (46 per square mile), there is effectively nowhere in the county off the soluble rock, town or country. The figures come from 264 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why the 100% under cover still counts, and the signs to look for and how an inspection works.

Counties around Jeff Davis County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Pulaski County, GA, about 58 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Telfair County, GA 19 mi west · 0% at surface
Appling County, GA 21 mi east · 0% at surface
Wheeler County, GA 21 mi north · 0% at surface
Bacon County, GA 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Coffee County, GA 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Montgomery County, GA 26 mi north · 0% at surface

The rock underneath

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the "Hawthorn Formation" (sand), Miocene in age, covering about 100% of the county.

Against the rest of Georgia

Jeff Davis County ranks 115 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.