Sinkhole risk in Meigs County, OH: 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 430 square miles, under one square mile of Meigs County maps onto soluble rock. With about 21,491 residents (50 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 272 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Meigs County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Mason County, KY, about 103 miles west. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Athens County, OH 17 mi north · 0% at surface
Mason County, WV 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Gallia County, OH 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Jackson County, WV 26 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Vinton County, OH 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Wood County, WV 29 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Meigs County ranks 55 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.