Sinkhole risk in Nottoway County, VA: 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 314 square miles, under one square mile of Nottoway County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,632 residents (50 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 240 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Nottoway County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Waynesboro city, VA, about 79 miles northwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Amelia County, VA 14 mi north · 2% at surface
Lunenburg County, VA 17 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Prince Edward County, VA 22 mi west · 0% at surface
Dinwiddie County, VA 24 mi east · under 1% at surface
Brunswick County, VA 28 mi south · 0% at surface
Cumberland County, VA 28 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Virginia

Nottoway County ranks 113 of 133 in Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.