Sinkhole risk in Stone County, MS: 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 Stone County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 445 square miles, under one square mile of Stone County maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,569 residents (44 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 345 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Stone County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 163 miles north. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Harrison County, MS 26 mi south · 0% at surface
- Perry County, MS 27 mi north · 0% at surface
- Pearl River County, MS 28 mi west · 0% at surface
- George County, MS 28 mi east · 0% at surface
- Forrest County, MS 29 mi north · 0% at surface
- Hancock County, MS 35 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Mississippi
Stone County ranks 74 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Clay County 94%
- Oktibbeha County 94%
- Chickasaw County 93%
- Noxubee County 88%
- Pontotoc County 82%