Sinkhole risk in Tate 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%

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 405 square miles, under one square mile of Tate County maps onto soluble rock. With about 28,551 residents (71 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 331 map points about 1.1 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 Tate County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, MS, about 55 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

DeSoto County, MS 16 mi north · 0% at surface
Panola County, MS 20 mi south · 0% at surface
Tunica County, MS 24 mi west · 0% at surface
Marshall County, MS 26 mi east · 1% at surface
Lafayette County, MS 33 mi southeast · 1% at surface
Quitman County, MS 34 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Tate County ranks 77 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.