Sinkhole risk in Mathews 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 86 square miles, under one square mile of Mathews County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,602 residents (100 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 271 map points about 0.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Mathews County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Hertford County, NC, about 83 miles southwest. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Gloucester County, VA 14 mi west · 8% at surface
- York County, VA 16 mi southwest · 5% at surface
- Middlesex County, VA 19 mi northwest · 14% at surface
- Poquoson city, VA 21 mi south · 0% at surface
- Northampton County, VA 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Lancaster County, VA 21 mi north · 4% at surface
Against the rest of Virginia
Mathews County ranks 110 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lexington city 100%
- Salem city 100%
- Roanoke city 98%
- Winchester city 90%
- Bristol city 89%