Sinkhole risk in Piute County, UT: No soluble rock mapped

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

Across 758 square miles, under one square mile of Piute County maps onto soluble rock. With about 1,534 residents (2 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 306 map points about 1.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Piute County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 89 miles northeast. None of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so Piute County stands out from its surroundings.

• Sevier County, UT 33 mi northeast · 6% at surface
• Garfield County, UT 51 mi southeast · 11% at surface
• Beaver County, UT 60 mi west · 8% at surface
• Wayne County, UT 62 mi east · 22% at surface
• Millard County, UT 69 mi northwest · 18% at surface
• Iron County, UT 70 mi southwest · 2% at surface

Against the rest of Utah

Piute County ranks 29 of 29 in Utah for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.

• Cache County 41%
• Emery County 30%
• Utah County 22%
• Wayne County 22%
• Millard County 18%