Sinkhole risk in Sunflower 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 Sunflower County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 698 square miles, under one square mile of Sunflower County maps onto soluble rock. With about 23,029 residents (33 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 318 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Sunflower County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Chickasaw County, MS, about 97 miles east. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Leflore County, MS 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Bolivar County, MS 21 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Washington County, MS 31 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Humphreys County, MS 33 mi south · 0% at surface
Tallahatchie County, MS 34 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Desha County, AR 40 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Sunflower County ranks 75 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.