Sinkhole risk in LaGrange County, IN: No soluble rock mapped

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 380 square miles, under one square mile of LaGrange County maps onto soluble rock. With about 41,122 residents (108 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 392 map points about 1.0 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 LaGrange County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barry County, MI, about 65 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

• Noble County, IN 16 mi south · 0% at surface
• St. Joseph County, MI 19 mi north · 0% at surface
• Steuben County, IN 22 mi east · 0% at surface
• Elkhart County, IN 23 mi west · 0% at surface
• Branch County, MI 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface
• DeKalb County, IN 28 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Indiana

LaGrange County ranks 62 of 92 in Indiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.

• Harrison County 94%
• Orange County 90%
• Crawford County 83%
• Lawrence County 71%
• Washington County 62%