Sinkhole risk in Lincoln Parish, LA: 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 Parish

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

Across 472 square miles, under one square mile of Lincoln Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 48,243 residents (102 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 335 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Lincoln Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 227 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jackson Parish, LA 21 mi south · 0% at surface
Union Parish, LA 23 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Claiborne Parish, LA 25 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Bienville Parish, LA 29 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Ouachita Parish, LA 31 mi east · 0% at surface
Union County, AR 39 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Lincoln Parish ranks 31 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.