Sinkhole risk in Perry 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%

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 340 square miles, under one square mile of Perry County maps onto soluble rock. With about 26,739 residents (79 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 390 map points about 0.9 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 Perry County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Lee County, VA, about 38 miles south, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Leslie County, KY 14 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Knott County, KY 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Breathitt County, KY 20 mi north · 0% at surface
Letcher County, KY 21 mi southeast · 4% at surface
Harlan County, KY 26 mi south · 4% at surface
Clay County, KY 28 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Perry County ranks 117 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.