Sinkhole risk in Towns 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%

What to do about a house in Towns County

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

Across 167 square miles, under one square mile of Towns County maps onto soluble rock. With about 13,184 residents (79 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 580 map points about 0.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Towns County

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

Clay County, NC 10 mi north · under 1% at surface
Union County, GA 15 mi west · 0% at surface
White County, GA 18 mi south · 0% at surface
Rabun County, GA 19 mi east · 0% at surface
Habersham County, GA 22 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Macon County, NC 25 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Georgia

Towns County ranks 148 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.