Sinkhole risk in Marion County, GA: 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 Marion County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 366 square miles, under one square mile of Marion County maps onto soluble rock. With about 7,635 residents (21 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 320 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Marion County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 43 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Schley County, GA 14 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Chattahoochee County, GA 15 mi west · 0% at surface
Taylor County, GA 21 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Webster County, GA 22 mi south · under 1% at surface
Muscogee County, GA 23 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Talbot County, GA 24 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Marion County ranks 124 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.