Sinkhole risk in Marshall County, IL: 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 387 square miles, under one square mile of Marshall County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,552 residents (30 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 323 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Marshall County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Jo Daviess County, IL, about 102 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Putnam County, IL 12 mi north · 0% at surface
- Woodford County, IL 18 mi south · 0% at surface
- Stark County, IL 24 mi west · 0% at surface
- Bureau County, IL 27 mi north · 0% at surface
- Peoria County, IL 28 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- LaSalle County, IL 32 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Illinois
Marshall County ranks 75 of 102 in Illinois for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hardin County 61%
- Jo Daviess County 58%
- Union County 53%
- Calhoun County 51%
- Alexander County 31%