Sinkhole risk in Lunenburg County, VA: 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 432 square miles, under one square mile of Lunenburg County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,060 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 275 map points about 1.3 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 Lunenburg County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Edgecombe County, NC, about 79 miles southeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Nottoway County, VA 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Mecklenburg County, VA 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Prince Edward County, VA 22 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Charlotte County, VA 23 mi west · 2% at surface
Brunswick County, VA 24 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Amelia County, VA 30 mi northeast · 2% at surface

Against the rest of Virginia

Lunenburg County ranks 109 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.