Sinkhole risk in Jefferson County, TX: 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 877 square miles, under one square mile of Jefferson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 253,948 residents (290 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 248 map points about 1.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Jefferson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 372 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Orange County, TX 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Chambers County, TX 33 mi west · 0% at surface
Hardin County, TX 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Liberty County, TX 47 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Calcasieu Parish, LA 54 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Cameron Parish, LA 59 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Jefferson County ranks 194 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.