Sinkhole risk in Rapides Parish, LA: 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 Rapides Parish

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

Across 1,324 square miles, under one square mile of Rapides Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 125,899 residents (95 per square mile), homes are spread across towns and farmland, and a mapped unit may or may not reach the developed parts. The figures come from 596 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Rapides Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 263 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Grant Parish, LA 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Avoyelles Parish, LA 33 mi east · 0% at surface
Evangeline Parish, LA 34 mi south · 0% at surface
Vernon Parish, LA 39 mi west · 0% at surface
LaSalle Parish, LA 40 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Allen Parish, LA 41 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Rapides Parish ranks 40 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.