Sinkhole risk in Los Alamos County, NM: 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 109 square miles, under one square mile of Los Alamos County maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,675 residents (180 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 242 map points about 0.7 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 Los Alamos County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Eddy County, NM, about 262 miles southeast. None of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so Los Alamos County stands out from its surroundings.
- Santa Fe County, NM 31 mi southeast · 18% at surface
- Sandoval County, NM 35 mi west · 18% at surface
- Rio Arriba County, NM 49 mi northwest · 6% at surface
- Bernalillo County, NM 60 mi south · 6% at surface
- Taos County, NM 61 mi northeast · 19% at surface
- Mora County, NM 78 mi east · 19% at surface
Against the rest of New Mexico
Los Alamos County ranks 32 of 33 in New Mexico for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lincoln County 65%
- Otero County 59%
- Chaves County 45%
- Eddy County 41%
- Cibola County 29%