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Sinkhole risk in Kalamazoo County, MI: 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 562 square miles, under one square mile of Kalamazoo County maps onto soluble rock. With about 264,780 residents (471 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 391 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Kalamazoo County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barry County, MI, about 26 miles northeast, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Michigan

Kalamazoo County ranks 47 of 83 in Michigan for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.