Sinkhole risk in San Patricio 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 693 square miles, under one square mile of San Patricio County maps onto soluble rock. With about 71,467 residents (103 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 245 map points about 1.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around San Patricio County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 303 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Nueces County, TX 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Refugio County, TX 30 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Bee County, TX 31 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Aransas County, TX 34 mi east · 0% at surface
Jim Wells County, TX 40 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Kleberg County, TX 41 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

San Patricio County ranks 232 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.