Sinkhole risk in Noble 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%

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 398 square miles, under one square mile of Noble County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,269 residents (36 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 262 map points about 1.2 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 Noble County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 149 miles south. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Monroe County, OH 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Guernsey County, OH 20 mi north · 0% at surface
Washington County, OH 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Morgan County, OH 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Muskingum County, OH 29 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Belmont County, OH 31 mi northeast · 20% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Noble County ranks 62 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.