Sinkhole risk in Perry County, OH: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 408 square miles, under one square mile of Perry County maps onto soluble rock. With about 35,682 residents (87 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 265 map points about 1.2 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 Mason County, KY, about 116 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Fairfield County, OH 21 mi west · 0% at surface
Morgan County, OH 22 mi east · 0% at surface
Hocking County, OH 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Muskingum County, OH 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Licking County, OH 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Athens County, OH 30 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Perry County ranks 65 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.