Sinkhole risk in Stark County, ND: 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 Stark County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 1,335 square miles, under one square mile of Stark County maps onto soluble rock. With about 33,767 residents (25 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 386 map points about 1.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Stark County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Fall River County, SD, about 252 miles south. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Hettinger County, ND 28 mi south · 0% at surface
- Billings County, ND 36 mi west · 0% at surface
- Dunn County, ND 37 mi north · under 1% at surface
- Slope County, ND 46 mi southwest · under 1% at surface
- Adams County, ND 50 mi south · 0% at surface
- Mercer County, ND 52 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of North Dakota
Stark County ranks 46 of 53 in North Dakota for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Cavalier County 2%
- Ransom County under 1%
- Dunn County under 1%
- Barnes County under 1%
- Slope County under 1%