Sinkhole risk in Sherman County, OR: 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 824 square miles, under one square mile of Sherman County maps onto soluble rock. With about 2,002 residents (2 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 596 map points about 1.2 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 Sherman County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 673 miles southeast. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Gilliam County, OR 20 mi east · 0% at surface
Wasco County, OR 29 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Klickitat County, WA 33 mi north · 0% at surface
Hood River County, OR 48 mi west · 0% at surface
Morrow County, OR 52 mi east · 0% at surface
Wheeler County, OR 56 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Oregon

Sherman County ranks 31 of 36 in Oregon for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.