Sinkhole risk in Mississippi County, MO: 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 Mississippi County

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

Across 412 square miles, under one square mile of Mississippi County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,750 residents (29 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 588 map points about 0.8 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 Mississippi County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Cape Girardeau County, MO, about 44 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Carlisle County, KY 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Fulton County, KY 20 mi south · 0% at surface
Hickman County, KY 21 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Scott County, MO 21 mi northwest · 8% at surface
Ballard County, KY 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Alexander County, IL 25 mi north · 31% at surface

Against the rest of Missouri

Mississippi County ranks 102 of 115 in Missouri for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.