Sinkhole risk in Lauderdale 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%

What this means before you buy

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

Across 472 square miles, under one square mile of Lauderdale County maps onto soluble rock. With about 24,630 residents (52 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 524 map points about 0.9 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 Lauderdale County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Tippah County, MS, about 80 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Tipton County, TN 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Haywood County, TN 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Dyer County, TN 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Mississippi County, AR 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Crockett County, TN 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Pemiscot County, MO 32 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Tennessee

Lauderdale County ranks 89 of 95 in Tennessee for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.