Sinkhole risk in Jefferson Davis County, MS: 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 to do about a house in Jefferson Davis County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 408 square miles, under one square mile of Jefferson Davis County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,059 residents (27 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 269 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Jefferson Davis County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 129 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Lawrence County, MS 17 mi west · 0% at surface
- Covington County, MS 17 mi east · 0% at surface
- Marion County, MS 23 mi south · 0% at surface
- Simpson County, MS 24 mi north · 0% at surface
- Lamar County, MS 32 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Walthall County, MS 32 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Mississippi
Jefferson Davis County ranks 58 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Clay County 94%
- Oktibbeha County 94%
- Chickasaw County 93%
- Noxubee County 88%
- Pontotoc County 82%