SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Leslie 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 401 square miles, under one square mile of Leslie County maps onto soluble rock. With about 9,729 residents (24 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 257 map points about 1.2 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 Leslie County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Lee County, VA, about 30 miles southeast, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Kentucky

Leslie County ranks 110 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.