Sinkhole risk in Scotts Bluff County, NE: 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 740 square miles, under one square mile of Scotts Bluff County maps onto soluble rock. With about 35,734 residents (48 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 390 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Scotts Bluff County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Dawes County, NE, about 66 miles northeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Banner County, NE 22 mi south · 0% at surface
- Goshen County, WY 37 mi northwest · 1% at surface
- Morrill County, NE 38 mi east · 0% at surface
- Box Butte County, NE 40 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Sioux County, NE 43 mi north · 13% at surface
- Kimball County, NE 45 mi south · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Scotts Bluff County ranks 83 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%