Sinkhole risk in Lee County, AL: 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 Lee County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 608 square miles, under one square mile of Lee County maps onto soluble rock. With about 187,847 residents (309 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 256 map points about 1.5 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 Lee County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Talladega County, AL, about 71 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Chambers County, AL 22 mi north · 0% at surface
- Russell County, AL 24 mi southeast · 3% at surface
- Macon County, AL 25 mi southwest · 8% at surface
- Harris County, GA 27 mi east · 0% at surface
- Muscogee County, GA 29 mi east · 0% at surface
- Tallapoosa County, AL 32 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Alabama
Lee County ranks 61 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Houston County 84%
- Jackson County 60%
- Colbert County 60%
- Talladega County 60%
- Lawrence County 60%