Sinkhole risk in Lorain County, OH: 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 Lorain County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 491 square miles, under one square mile of Lorain County maps onto soluble rock. With about 322,030 residents (656 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 258 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Lorain County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Monroe County, MI, about 75 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Erie County, OH 21 mi west · under 1% at surface
- Medina County, OH 27 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Huron County, OH 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Cuyahoga County, OH 31 mi east · 0% at surface
- Summit County, OH 40 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Ashland County, OH 41 mi south · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Ohio
Lorain County ranks 49 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Adams County 35%
- Jefferson County 31%
- Harrison County 24%
- Belmont County 20%
- Brown County 9%