Sinkhole risk in Lincoln County, NE: 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 2,564 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,319 residents (13 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 384 map points about 2.6 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 Lincoln County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Harlan County, NE, about 93 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Logan County, NE 37 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Hayes County, NE 39 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
- Frontier County, NE 40 mi southeast · under 1% at surface
- McPherson County, NE 46 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Keith County, NE 48 mi west · 0% at surface
- Perkins County, NE 48 mi west · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Lincoln County ranks 68 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%