Sinkhole risk in Marion County, MS: 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 542 square miles, under one square mile of Marion County maps onto soluble rock. With about 24,008 residents (44 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 318 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Marion County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 149 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Walthall County, MS 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Lamar County, MS 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Jefferson Davis County, MS 23 mi north · 0% at surface
Lawrence County, MS 28 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Washington Parish, LA 29 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Covington County, MS 32 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Marion County ranks 64 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.