Sinkhole risk in Price County, WI: 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 Price County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,254 square miles, under one square mile of Price County maps onto soluble rock. With about 14,087 residents (11 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 393 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Price County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 145 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Taylor County, WI 33 mi south · 0% at surface
- Lincoln County, WI 39 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Oneida County, WI 40 mi east · 0% at surface
- Sawyer County, WI 40 mi west · 0% at surface
- Rusk County, WI 40 mi west · 0% at surface
- Iron County, WI 45 mi north · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Wisconsin
Price County ranks 57 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lafayette County 91%
- Grant County 84%
- Iowa County 77%
- Crawford County 71%
- Vernon County 63%