Sinkhole risk in Morrill County, NE: 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 Morrill County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,424 square miles, under one square mile of Morrill County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,485 residents (3 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 383 map points about 1.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Morrill County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 68 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Box Butte County, NE 33 mi north · 0% at surface
- Cheyenne County, NE 36 mi south · 0% at surface
- Garden County, NE 36 mi east · 0% at surface
- Scotts Bluff County, NE 38 mi west · 0% at surface
- Banner County, NE 40 mi west · 0% at surface
- Kimball County, NE 52 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Morrill County ranks 72 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%