SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Refugio 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%

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 770 square miles, under one square mile of Refugio County maps onto soluble rock. With about 6,739 residents (9 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 541 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Refugio County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 296 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Texas

Refugio County ranks 224 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.