Sinkhole risk in Payette County, ID: 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 Payette County

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

Across 407 square miles, under one square mile of Payette County maps onto soluble rock. With about 27,662 residents (68 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 635 map points about 0.8 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 Payette County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 465 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Gem County, ID 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Canyon County, ID 26 mi south · 0% at surface
Washington County, ID 31 mi north · 0% at surface
Ada County, ID 46 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Boise County, ID 51 mi east · 0% at surface
Adams County, ID 62 mi north · under 1% at surface

Against the rest of Idaho

Payette County ranks 43 of 44 in Idaho for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.