Sinkhole risk in Magoffin County, KY: 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 308 square miles, under one square mile of Magoffin County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,118 residents (36 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 522 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Magoffin County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Fleming County, KY, about 58 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Johnson County, KY 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Breathitt County, KY 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Morgan County, KY 19 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Floyd County, KY 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Wolfe County, KY 23 mi west · 0% at surface
Knott County, KY 25 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Magoffin County ranks 113 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.