Sinkhole risk in Morgan County, CO: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 1,280 square miles, under one square mile of Morgan County maps onto soluble rock. With about 30,300 residents (24 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 391 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Morgan County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 173 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Weld County, CO 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Washington County, CO 38 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Adams County, CO 39 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Logan County, CO 50 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Arapahoe County, CO 51 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Kimball County, NE 65 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Colorado

Morgan County ranks 59 of 64 in Colorado for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.