Sinkhole risk in Nicholas County, WV: 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 Nicholas County

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

Across 647 square miles, under one square mile of Nicholas County maps onto soluble rock. With about 24,017 residents (37 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 474 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Nicholas County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 44 miles south. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clay County, WV 19 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Webster County, WV 23 mi northeast · 3% at surface
Fayette County, WV 24 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
Braxton County, WV 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Greenbrier County, WV 32 mi southeast · 35% at surface
Kanawha County, WV 39 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Nicholas County ranks 43 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.