Sinkhole risk in Stanly County, NC: 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 395 square miles, under one square mile of Stanly County maps onto soluble rock. With about 67,326 residents (170 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 257 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 Stanly County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Chesterfield County, SC, about 47 miles south. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Cabarrus County, NC 18 mi west · 0% at surface
Montgomery County, NC 19 mi east · 8% at surface
Anson County, NC 25 mi south · 2% at surface
Union County, NC 27 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Rowan County, NC 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Mecklenburg County, NC 33 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of North Carolina

Stanly County ranks 94 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.