Sinkhole risk in Pike County, MS: 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 409 square miles, under one square mile of Pike County maps onto soluble rock. With about 38,980 residents (95 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 396 map points about 1.0 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Pike County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 171 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Walthall County, MS 17 mi east · 0% at surface
Amite County, MS 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Lincoln County, MS 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Washington Parish, LA 31 mi southeast · 0% at surface
St. Helena Parish, LA 31 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Lawrence County, MS 31 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Pike County ranks 70 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.