Sinkhole risk in Richland 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%

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 556 square miles, under one square mile of Richland Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,643 residents (35 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 466 map points about 1.1 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 Richland Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Oktibbeha County, MS, about 181 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Franklin Parish, LA 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Ouachita Parish, LA 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Morehouse Parish, LA 28 mi north · 0% at surface
Caldwell Parish, LA 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Madison Parish, LA 30 mi east · 0% at surface
West Carroll Parish, LA 31 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Richland Parish ranks 42 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.