Sinkhole risk in Kenedy 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 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 1,459 square miles, under one square mile of Kenedy County maps onto soluble rock. With about 330 residents (0 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 355 map points about 2.0 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 Kenedy County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 371 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Willacy County, TX 28 mi south · 0% at surface
Kleberg County, TX 38 mi north · 0% at surface
Brooks County, TX 40 mi west · 0% at surface
Hidalgo County, TX 50 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Cameron County, TX 55 mi south · 0% at surface
Nueces County, TX 59 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Kenedy County ranks 199 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.