Sinkhole risk in Oconee County, GA: 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 Oconee County

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

Across 184 square miles, under one square mile of Oconee County maps onto soluble rock. With about 44,751 residents (243 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 485 map points about 0.6 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 Oconee County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Bartow County, GA, about 85 miles west. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Clarke County, GA 9 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Morgan County, GA 17 mi south · 0% at surface
Walton County, GA 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Barrow County, GA 19 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Oglethorpe County, GA 21 mi east · 0% at surface
Jackson County, GA 22 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Oconee County ranks 131 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.