Sinkhole risk in Pike County, GA: 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 Pike County

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

Across 216 square miles, under one square mile of Pike County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,669 residents (96 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 317 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Pike County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 48 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Spalding County, GA 14 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Lamar County, GA 14 mi east · 0% at surface
Upson County, GA 15 mi south · 0% at surface
Meriwether County, GA 16 mi west · 0% at surface
Fayette County, GA 24 mi north · 0% at surface
Talbot County, GA 27 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Pike County ranks 134 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.