Sinkhole risk in Stafford County, KS: 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 792 square miles, under one square mile of Stafford County maps onto soluble rock. With about 3,901 residents (5 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 352 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.
Counties around Stafford County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barber County, KS, about 56 miles south. 1 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Pratt County, KS 27 mi south · 0% at surface
- Pawnee County, KS 30 mi west · 19% at surface
- Barton County, KS 31 mi north · 37% at surface
- Edwards County, KS 34 mi west · 2% at surface
- Rice County, KS 35 mi northeast · 2% at surface
- Reno County, KS 35 mi east · 9% at surface
Against the rest of Kansas
Stafford County ranks 104 of 105 in Kansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Butler County 93%
- Morris County 91%
- Allen County 90%
- Miami County 87%
- Chase County 87%