Sinkhole risk in Mecklenburg 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%

What to do about a house in Mecklenburg County

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

Across 625 square miles, under one square mile of Mecklenburg County maps onto soluble rock. With about 30,824 residents (49 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 287 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Mecklenburg County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Edgecombe County, NC, about 68 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lunenburg County, VA 19 mi north · 0% at surface
Vance County, NC 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Warren County, NC 25 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Charlotte County, VA 27 mi northwest · 2% at surface
Brunswick County, VA 29 mi east · 0% at surface
Granville County, NC 31 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Virginia

Mecklenburg County ranks 111 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.