SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Lamar County, GA: 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 184 square miles, under one square mile of Lamar County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,690 residents (113 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 288 map points about 0.8 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 Peach County, GA, about 39 miles southeast, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Georgia

Lamar County ranks 117 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.