Sinkhole risk in Lincoln County, WI: 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 879 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,461 residents (32 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 408 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Lincoln County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 131 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Oneida County, WI 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Marathon County, WI 30 mi south · 0% at surface
Langlade County, WI 33 mi east · 0% at surface
Taylor County, WI 38 mi west · 0% at surface
Price County, WI 39 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Vilas County, WI 51 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Lincoln County ranks 46 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.