Sinkhole risk in Taliaferro County, GA: 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 195 square miles, under one square mile of Taliaferro County maps onto soluble rock. With about 1,620 residents (8 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 546 map points about 0.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Taliaferro County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Aiken County, SC, about 72 miles east. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Warren County, GA 16 mi southeast · 3% at surface
Greene County, GA 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Wilkes County, GA 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Hancock County, GA 21 mi south · under 1% at surface
McDuffie County, GA 23 mi east · 22% at surface
Oglethorpe County, GA 24 mi northwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Taliaferro County ranks 143 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.