Sinkhole risk in Taylor County, WI: 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 Taylor County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 975 square miles, under one square mile of Taylor County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,167 residents (21 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 387 map points about 1.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Taylor County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 112 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Clark County, WI 33 mi south · 0% at surface
- Price County, WI 33 mi north · 0% at surface
- Rusk County, WI 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Lincoln County, WI 38 mi east · 0% at surface
- Chippewa County, WI 39 mi west · 0% at surface
- Marathon County, WI 42 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Wisconsin
Taylor County ranks 64 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lafayette County 91%
- Grant County 84%
- Iowa County 77%
- Crawford County 71%
- Vernon County 63%