Sinkhole risk in Kootenai County, ID: 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 1,238 square miles, under one square mile of Kootenai County maps onto soluble rock. With about 188,323 residents (152 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 362 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Kootenai County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 669 miles southeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Benewah County, ID 32 mi south · 0% at surface
Spokane County, WA 33 mi west · 0% at surface
Shoshone County, ID 44 mi southeast · under 1% at surface
Bonner County, ID 45 mi north · 1% at surface
Latah County, ID 59 mi south · 0% at surface
Pend Oreille County, WA 65 mi north · 2% at surface

Against the rest of Idaho

Kootenai County ranks 38 of 44 in Idaho for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.