Sinkhole risk in Lawrence County, KY: 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 416 square miles, under one square mile of Lawrence County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,798 residents (38 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 534 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Lawrence County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Fleming County, KY, about 56 miles west. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Johnson County, KY 16 mi south · 0% at surface
Wayne County, WV 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Elliott County, KY 20 mi west · 1% at surface
Boyd County, KY 20 mi north · 0% at surface
Martin County, KY 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Carter County, KY 23 mi northwest · 9% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Lawrence County ranks 109 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.