Sinkhole risk in LaPorte County, IN: 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 LaPorte County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 598 square miles, under one square mile of LaPorte County maps onto soluble rock. With about 111,348 residents (186 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 296 map points about 1.4 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 LaPorte County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barry County, MI, about 102 miles northeast. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Berrien County, MI 17 mi north · 0% at surface
Porter County, IN 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Starke County, IN 19 mi south · 0% at surface
St. Joseph County, IN 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Marshall County, IN 29 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Lake County, IN 33 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Indiana

LaPorte County ranks 64 of 92 in Indiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.