Sinkhole risk in Keith County, NE: 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 1,062 square miles, under one square mile of Keith County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,148 residents (8 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 392 map points about 1.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Keith County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 130 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Perkins County, NE 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Arthur County, NE 26 mi north · 0% at surface
Deuel County, NE 36 mi west · 0% at surface
McPherson County, NE 41 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Sedgwick County, CO 43 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Garden County, NE 46 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Nebraska

Keith County ranks 65 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.