Sinkhole risk in Scioto County, OH: 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 610 square miles, under one square mile of Scioto County maps onto soluble rock. With about 71,798 residents (118 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 242 map points about 1.6 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 Scioto County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Mason County, KY, about 47 miles west. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Greenup County, KY 18 mi south · 1% at surface
Pike County, OH 18 mi north · under 1% at surface
Jackson County, OH 25 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Adams County, OH 26 mi west · 35% at surface
Lewis County, KY 28 mi southwest · 22% at surface
Lawrence County, OH 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Scioto County ranks 73 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.