Sinkhole risk in Newton County, TX: 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 934 square miles, under one square mile of Newton County maps onto soluble rock. With about 11,908 residents (13 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 263 map points about 1.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Newton County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 338 miles northeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jasper County, TX 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Beauregard Parish, LA 26 mi east · 0% at surface
Tyler County, TX 38 mi west · 0% at surface
Sabine County, TX 39 mi north · 0% at surface
Vernon Parish, LA 39 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Calcasieu Parish, LA 45 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Newton County ranks 217 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.