Sinkhole risk in McIntosh County, OK: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 618 square miles, under one square mile of McIntosh County maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,710 residents (32 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 286 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around McIntosh County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Cherokee County, OK, about 53 miles northeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Muskogee County, OK 24 mi northeast · 2% at surface
Okmulgee County, OK 25 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
Pittsburg County, OK 31 mi south · under 1% at surface
Haskell County, OK 33 mi east · 0% at surface
Okfuskee County, OK 38 mi west · 10% at surface
Hughes County, OK 39 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Oklahoma

McIntosh County ranks 74 of 77 in Oklahoma for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.