Sinkhole risk in Pearl River County, MS: 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 Pearl River County

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

Across 812 square miles, under one square mile of Pearl River County maps onto soluble rock. With about 59,030 residents (73 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 288 map points about 1.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Pearl River County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 172 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Hancock County, MS 27 mi south · 0% at surface
Washington Parish, LA 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Stone County, MS 28 mi east · 0% at surface
Lamar County, MS 30 mi north · 0% at surface
St. Tammany Parish, LA 33 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Marion County, MS 34 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Pearl River County ranks 68 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.