Sinkhole risk in Spalding 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%

What to do about a house in Spalding County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 196 square miles, under one square mile of Spalding County maps onto soluble rock. With about 70,292 residents (359 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 288 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 Spalding County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Peach County, GA, about 54 miles southeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Pike County, GA 14 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Henry County, GA 15 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Lamar County, GA 15 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Fayette County, GA 16 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Butts County, GA 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Clayton County, GA 21 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Spalding County ranks 140 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.