SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Meriwether County, GA: 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 Meriwether County

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

Across 501 square miles, under one square mile of Meriwether County maps onto soluble rock. With about 21,439 residents (43 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 358 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Meriwether County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 58 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Georgia

Meriwether County ranks 125 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.