Sinkhole risk in Loup County, NE: 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 563 square miles, under one square mile of Loup County maps onto soluble rock. With about 582 residents (1 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 391 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Loup County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Boyd County, NE, about 79 miles northeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Blaine County, NE 25 mi west · 0% at surface
- Garfield County, NE 29 mi east · 0% at surface
- Rock County, NE 35 mi north · 5% at surface
- Valley County, NE 36 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Custer County, NE 37 mi south · 0% at surface
- Brown County, NE 38 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Loup County ranks 70 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%