Sinkhole risk in St. James Parish, LA: 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 238 square miles, under one square mile of St. James Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,110 residents (80 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 270 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around St. James Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 250 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Ascension Parish, LA 14 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Assumption Parish, LA 18 mi southwest · 0% at surface
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA 20 mi northeast · 0% at surface
St. Charles Parish, LA 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Livingston Parish, LA 29 mi north · 0% at surface
Iberville Parish, LA 38 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

St. James Parish ranks 47 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.