Sinkhole risk in Pacific County, WA: 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 933 square miles, under one square mile of Pacific County maps onto soluble rock. With about 24,245 residents (26 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 301 map points about 1.8 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 Pacific County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 841 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Wahkiakum County, WA 25 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Clatsop County, OR 37 mi south · 0% at surface
Grays Harbor County, WA 38 mi north · 0% at surface
Thurston County, WA 52 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Columbia County, OR 54 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Cowlitz County, WA 58 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Washington

Pacific County ranks 30 of 39 in Washington for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.