Sinkhole risk in Mobile County, AL: 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 Mobile County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,229 square miles, under one square mile of Mobile County maps onto soluble rock. With about 412,339 residents (335 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 292 map points about 2.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Mobile County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Holmes County, FL, about 142 miles east. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Baldwin County, AL 27 mi east · 0% at surface
- George County, MS 29 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Jackson County, MS 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Greene County, MS 45 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Washington County, AL 50 mi north · 3% at surface
- Escambia County, FL 53 mi east · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Alabama
Mobile County ranks 63 of 67 in Alabama for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Houston County 84%
- Jackson County 60%
- Colbert County 60%
- Talladega County 60%
- Lawrence County 60%