Sinkhole risk in Montgomery County, MS: 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 Montgomery County

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

Across 407 square miles, under one square mile of Montgomery County maps onto soluble rock. With about 9,411 residents (23 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 267 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Montgomery County

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

Carroll County, MS 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Grenada County, MS 21 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Webster County, MS 22 mi east · 7% at surface
Choctaw County, MS 25 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Attala County, MS 28 mi south · 0% at surface
Calhoun County, MS 35 mi northeast · 6% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Montgomery County ranks 65 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.