Sinkhole risk in Licking County, OH: 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 Licking County

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

Across 682 square miles, under one square mile of Licking County maps onto soluble rock. With about 184,898 residents (271 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 341 map points about 1.4 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 Licking County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Mason County, KY, about 126 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Knox County, OH 22 mi north · 0% at surface
Fairfield County, OH 25 mi south · 0% at surface
Perry County, OH 27 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Franklin County, OH 29 mi west · 0% at surface
Muskingum County, OH 30 mi east · 0% at surface
Delaware County, OH 31 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Licking County ranks 47 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.