Sinkhole risk in Muskingum 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%

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 665 square miles, under one square mile of Muskingum County maps onto soluble rock. With about 86,582 residents (130 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 323 map points about 1.4 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 Muskingum County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Mason County, KY, about 138 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 southwest · 0% at surface
Coshocton County, OH 23 mi north · 0% at surface
Morgan County, OH 24 mi south · 0% at surface
Guernsey County, OH 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Noble County, OH 29 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Licking County, OH 30 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Muskingum County ranks 61 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.