Sinkhole risk in Pemiscot County, MO: 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 Pemiscot County

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

Across 493 square miles, under one square mile of Pemiscot County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,407 residents (29 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 297 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Pemiscot County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Ripley County, MO, about 68 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Dunklin County, MO 16 mi west · 0% at surface
Lake County, TN 19 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Dyer County, TN 24 mi southeast · 0% at surface
New Madrid County, MO 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Lauderdale County, TN 32 mi south · 0% at surface
Mississippi County, AR 34 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Missouri

Pemiscot County ranks 105 of 115 in Missouri for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.