Sinkhole risk in Spartanburg County, SC: 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 808 square miles, under one square mile of Spartanburg County maps onto soluble rock. With about 369,256 residents (457 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 271 map points about 1.7 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 Spartanburg County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Kershaw County, SC, about 90 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Greenville County, SC 22 mi west · 0% at surface
Cherokee County, SC 23 mi east · 5% at surface
Polk County, NC 26 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Union County, SC 27 mi southeast · 2% at surface
Laurens County, SC 31 mi south · 1% at surface
Rutherford County, NC 33 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of South Carolina

Spartanburg County ranks 45 of 46 in South Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.