Sinkhole risk in Monroe County, AR: 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 Monroe County

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

Across 607 square miles, under one square mile of Monroe County maps onto soluble rock. With about 6,415 residents (11 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 526 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Monroe County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Sharp County, AR, about 104 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Prairie County, AR 22 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Lee County, AR 25 mi east · 0% at surface
Phillips County, AR 27 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Arkansas County, AR 29 mi south · 0% at surface
St. Francis County, AR 35 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Woodruff County, AR 36 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Monroe County ranks 61 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.