Sinkhole risk in Lamar County, AL: 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 to do about a house in Lamar County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 605 square miles, under one square mile of Lamar County maps onto soluble rock. With about 13,543 residents (22 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 351 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Lamar County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Clay County, MS, about 41 miles west. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Fayette County, AL 19 mi east · 0% at surface
- Monroe County, MS 24 mi west · 31% at surface
- Marion County, AL 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Lowndes County, MS 30 mi southwest · 44% at surface
- Pickens County, AL 34 mi south · 4% at surface
- Itawamba County, MS 38 mi northwest · 4% at surface
Against the rest of Alabama
Lamar County ranks 60 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Houston County 84%
- Jackson County 60%
- Colbert County 60%
- Talladega County 60%
- Lawrence County 60%