Sinkhole risk in Tyler County, TX: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 924 square miles, under one square mile of Tyler County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,560 residents (22 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 283 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Tyler County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 339 miles west. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Jasper County, TX 21 mi east · 0% at surface
Polk County, TX 27 mi west · 0% at surface
Hardin County, TX 30 mi south · 0% at surface
Angelina County, TX 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Newton County, TX 38 mi east · 0% at surface
San Augustine County, TX 44 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Tyler County ranks 240 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.