Sinkhole risk in McCracken 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 249 square miles, under one square mile of McCracken County maps onto soluble rock. With about 67,550 residents (272 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 582 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around McCracken County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Livingston County, KY, about 22 miles northeast, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Massac County, IL 11 mi north · 7% at surface
Ballard County, KY 16 mi west · 0% at surface
Carlisle County, KY 20 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Livingston County, KY 22 mi northeast · 54% at surface
Graves County, KY 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Marshall County, KY 24 mi southeast · under 1% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

McCracken County ranks 111 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.