Sinkhole risk in Livingston County, MO: Mostly deep or small

Mostly deep or small

Some soluble rock, mostly deeply buried or in a small share of the county.

On soluble rock: 12%
At or near the surface: 0%
Buried under cover: 12%

What to do about a house in Livingston County

Sinkholes are uncommon here; watch for new depressions after heavy rain or leaking pipes.

That works out to roughly 66 of Livingston County's 532 square miles on soluble rock. With about 14,658 residents (28 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 339 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why the 12% under cover still counts, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Livingston County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Jackson County, MO, about 68 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Grundy County, MO 23 mi north · 0% at surface
Linn County, MO 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Caldwell County, MO 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Carroll County, MO 24 mi south · 0% at surface
Daviess County, MO 26 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Chariton County, MO 36 mi southeast · 0% at surface

What Livingston County is built on

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Kansas City Group (limestone), Late Pennsylvanian-Upper Series-Missourian Stage in age, covering about 12% of the county.

Against the rest of Missouri

Livingston County ranks 98 of 115 in Missouri for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.