SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Lincoln County, WV: 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 437 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln County maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,377 residents (44 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 567 map points about 0.9 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 Summers County, WV, about 76 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of West Virginia

Lincoln County ranks 38 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.