Sinkhole risk in Latah County, ID: 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 Latah County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,076 square miles, under one square mile of Latah County maps onto soluble rock. With about 42,180 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 311 map points about 1.9 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 Latah County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 619 miles southeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Benewah County, ID 28 mi north · 0% at surface
- Nez Perce County, ID 34 mi south · 3% at surface
- Whitman County, WA 38 mi west · 0% at surface
- Lewis County, ID 43 mi south · under 1% at surface
- Garfield County, WA 47 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Asotin County, WA 50 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Idaho
Latah County ranks 39 of 44 in Idaho for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Bear Lake County 45%
- Oneida County 44%
- Franklin County 37%
- Bannock County 29%
- Caribou County 24%