Sinkhole risk in Roseau County, MN: 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 1,672 square miles, under one square mile of Roseau County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,265 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 363 map points about 2.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Roseau County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 429 miles southeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Marshall County, MN 37 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Lake of the Woods County, MN 42 mi east · 0% at surface
Kittson County, MN 44 mi west · 0% at surface
Pennington County, MN 49 mi south · 0% at surface
Red Lake County, MN 63 mi south · 0% at surface
Beltrami County, MN 72 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Minnesota

Roseau County ranks 70 of 87 in Minnesota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.