Sinkhole risk in Meeker County, MN: 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 Meeker County

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

Across 608 square miles, under one square mile of Meeker County maps onto soluble rock. With about 23,491 residents (39 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 356 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Meeker County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 211 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Kandiyohi County, MN 23 mi west · 0% at surface
McLeod County, MN 24 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Wright County, MN 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Stearns County, MN 30 mi north · 0% at surface
Renville County, MN 35 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Sibley County, MN 41 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Meeker County ranks 51 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.