Sinkhole risk in Lincoln County, WA: 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 this means before you buy
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 2,311 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,862 residents (5 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 363 map points about 2.5 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 Lincoln County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 707 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Adams County, WA 40 mi south · 0% at surface
- Spokane County, WA 47 mi east · 0% at surface
- Grant County, WA 55 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Douglas County, WA 60 mi west · 0% at surface
- Stevens County, WA 61 mi northeast · 3% at surface
- Ferry County, WA 62 mi north · under 1% at surface
Against the rest of Washington
Lincoln County ranks 28 of 39 in Washington for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- San Juan County 4%
- Stevens County 3%
- Pend Oreille County 2%
- Okanogan County under 1%
- Ferry County under 1%