Sinkhole risk in Quitman County, GA: No soluble rock mapped

No soluble rock mapped

No soluble bedrock mapped.

On soluble rock: under 1%
At or near the surface: under 1%
Buried under cover: 0%

The next step for one property

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

Across 151 square miles, under one square mile of Quitman County maps onto soluble rock. With about 2,323 residents (15 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 294 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Quitman County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Early County, GA, about 38 miles south, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Randolph County, GA 16 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Clay County, GA 17 mi south · 1% at surface
Stewart County, GA 18 mi northeast · 2% at surface
Barbour County, AL 23 mi west · 14% at surface
Henry County, AL 28 mi southwest · 20% at surface
Webster County, GA 29 mi northeast · under 1% at surface

The rock underneath

The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Clayton Formation (sand), Paleocene in age, covering about under 1% of the county.

Against the rest of Georgia

Quitman County ranks 72 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 51% of US counties on that measure.