Sinkhole risk in Neshoba County, MS: 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 Neshoba County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 570 square miles, under one square mile of Neshoba County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,973 residents (51 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 395 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Neshoba County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 40 miles northeast. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Winston County, MS 23 mi north · 18% at surface
- Leake County, MS 23 mi west · 9% at surface
- Newton County, MS 24 mi south · 21% at surface
- Kemper County, MS 29 mi east · 36% at surface
- Scott County, MS 34 mi southwest · 7% at surface
- Attala County, MS 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Mississippi
Neshoba County ranks 66 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Clay County 94%
- Oktibbeha County 94%
- Chickasaw County 93%
- Noxubee County 88%
- Pontotoc County 82%