Sinkhole risk in Owsley County, KY: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 197 square miles, under one square mile of Owsley County maps onto soluble rock. With about 3,928 residents (20 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 524 map points about 0.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Owsley County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Clark County, KY, about 45 miles northwest. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Lee County, KY 13 mi north · 6% at surface
Clay County, KY 18 mi south · 0% at surface
Jackson County, KY 18 mi west · 13% at surface
Breathitt County, KY 22 mi east · 0% at surface
Estill County, KY 24 mi northwest · 17% at surface
Wolfe County, KY 25 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Owsley County ranks 116 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.