Sinkhole risk in Kitsap County, WA: 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 395 square miles, under one square mile of Kitsap County maps onto soluble rock. With about 281,420 residents (712 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 542 map points about 0.9 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 Kitsap County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 844 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Mason County, WA 32 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Island County, WA 36 mi north · 0% at surface
King County, WA 39 mi east · 0% at surface
Jefferson County, WA 42 mi west · 0% at surface
Pierce County, WA 47 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Thurston County, WA 49 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Washington

Kitsap County ranks 25 of 39 in Washington for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.