Sinkhole risk in Rains County, TX: 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 this means before you buy
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 229 square miles, under one square mile of Rains County maps onto soluble rock. With about 13,306 residents (58 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 263 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Rains County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Grady County, OK, about 191 miles northwest. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Van Zandt County, TX 22 mi south · 0% at surface
- Hopkins County, TX 23 mi northeast · 24% at surface
- Hunt County, TX 24 mi northwest · 2% at surface
- Wood County, TX 25 mi east · 0% at surface
- Kaufman County, TX 34 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Rockwall County, TX 36 mi west · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Texas
Rains County ranks 223 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Kerr County 99%
- Edwards County 99%
- Kendall County 98%
- Kimble County 97%
- King County 97%