Sinkhole risk in Mitchell County, NC: 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 221 square miles, under one square mile of Mitchell County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,030 residents (68 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 400 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Mitchell County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Washington County, TN, about 27 miles northwest, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Yancey County, NC 12 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Avery County, NC 14 mi east · 3% at surface
- Unicoi County, TN 15 mi northwest · 11% at surface
- Carter County, TN 19 mi north · 25% at surface
- McDowell County, NC 24 mi south · 4% at surface
- Washington County, TN 27 mi northwest · 88% at surface
Against the rest of North Carolina
Mitchell County ranks 86 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Duplin County 93%
- Jones County 92%
- Scotland County 91%
- Pender County 89%
- Robeson County 89%