Sinkhole risk in Murray County, MN: 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 Murray County

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

Across 705 square miles, under one square mile of Murray County maps onto soluble rock. With about 8,044 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 390 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Murray County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 143 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Nobles County, MN 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Pipestone County, MN 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Lyon County, MN 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Cottonwood County, MN 29 mi east · 0% at surface
Rock County, MN 35 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Redwood County, MN 37 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Murray County ranks 55 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.