Sinkhole risk in Tuscarawas County, OH: 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 Tuscarawas County

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

Across 568 square miles, under one square mile of Tuscarawas County maps onto soluble rock. With about 92,048 residents (162 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 315 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Tuscarawas County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Monroe County, MI, about 146 miles northwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Carroll County, OH 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Harrison County, OH 23 mi southeast · 24% at surface
Holmes County, OH 25 mi west · 0% at surface
Stark County, OH 26 mi north · 0% at surface
Coshocton County, OH 26 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Guernsey County, OH 27 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Ohio

Tuscarawas County ranks 79 of 88 in Ohio for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.