Sinkhole risk in Lincoln County, GA: 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 Lincoln County

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

Across 210 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,049 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 442 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Lincoln County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Aiken County, SC, about 50 miles east. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

McCormick County, SC 11 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Wilkes County, GA 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Columbia County, GA 20 mi southeast · 10% at surface
McDuffie County, GA 22 mi south · 22% at surface
Edgefield County, SC 28 mi east · 24% at surface
Taliaferro County, GA 29 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Lincoln County ranks 119 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.