Sinkhole risk in Live Oak County, TX: 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 1,040 square miles, under one square mile of Live Oak County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,967 residents (12 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 270 map points about 2.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Live Oak County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 266 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Bee County, TX 24 mi east · 0% at surface
McMullen County, TX 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Karnes County, TX 42 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Jim Wells County, TX 43 mi south · 0% at surface
San Patricio County, TX 44 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Atascosa County, TX 45 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Live Oak County ranks 208 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.