Sinkhole risk in Jim Wells 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%

What to do about a house in Jim Wells County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 865 square miles, under one square mile of Jim Wells County maps onto soluble rock. With about 38,886 residents (45 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 615 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Jim Wells County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 306 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Duval County, TX 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Kleberg County, TX 33 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Nueces County, TX 35 mi east · 0% at surface
San Patricio County, TX 40 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Live Oak County, TX 43 mi north · 0% at surface
Brooks County, TX 49 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Jim Wells County ranks 196 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.