Sinkhole risk in Lake County, TN: 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 166 square miles, under one square mile of Lake County maps onto soluble rock. With about 6,422 residents (39 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 501 map points about 0.6 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 Lake County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Cape Girardeau County, MO, about 73 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Pemiscot County, MO 19 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Obion County, TN 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Dyer County, TN 20 mi south · 0% at surface
New Madrid County, MO 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Fulton County, KY 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Dunklin County, MO 34 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Tennessee

Lake County ranks 88 of 95 in Tennessee for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.