Sinkhole risk in Phillips County, AR: 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 690 square miles, under one square mile of Phillips County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,661 residents (21 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 243 map points about 1.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Phillips County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Pontotoc County, MS, about 105 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Coahoma County, MS 20 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Lee County, AR 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Monroe County, AR 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Arkansas County, AR 31 mi west · 0% at surface
Tunica County, MS 32 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Quitman County, MS 34 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Phillips County ranks 64 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.