Sinkhole risk in Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County

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

Across 439 square miles, under one square mile of Oglethorpe County maps onto soluble rock. With about 16,172 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 612 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Oglethorpe County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Aiken County, SC, about 86 miles east. 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 18 mi west · 0% at surface
Madison County, GA 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Wilkes County, GA 20 mi east · 0% at surface
Greene County, GA 21 mi south · 0% at surface
Oconee County, GA 21 mi west · 0% at surface
Elbert County, GA 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Oglethorpe County ranks 132 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.