Sinkhole risk in Pleasants County, WV: 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 Pleasants County

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

Across 130 square miles, under one square mile of Pleasants County maps onto soluble rock. With about 7,358 residents (57 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 508 map points about 0.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Pleasants County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 119 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Ritchie County, WV 14 mi south · 0% at surface
Tyler County, WV 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Washington County, OH 18 mi west · 0% at surface
Wood County, WV 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Monroe County, OH 25 mi north · 0% at surface
Doddridge County, WV 25 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Pleasants County ranks 44 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.