Sinkhole risk in Schley County, GA: 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 167 square miles, under one square mile of Schley County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,503 residents (27 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 259 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Schley County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dooly County, GA, about 31 miles east, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Marion County, GA 14 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Sumter County, GA 17 mi southeast · 8% at surface
Macon County, GA 17 mi northeast · 32% at surface
Webster County, GA 20 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
Taylor County, GA 21 mi north · 0% at surface
Chattahoochee County, GA 28 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Schley County ranks 139 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.