Sinkhole risk in Morgan County, OH: 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 416 square miles, under one square mile of Morgan County maps onto soluble rock. With about 13,532 residents (32 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 293 map points about 1.2 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 Mason County, KY, about 127 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Perry County, OH 22 mi west · 0% at surface
Athens County, OH 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Washington County, OH 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Noble County, OH 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Muskingum County, OH 24 mi north · 0% at surface
Wood County, WV 34 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Morgan County ranks 59 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.