Sinkhole risk in Upshur County, WV: 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 355 square miles, under one square mile of Upshur County maps onto soluble rock. With about 23,650 residents (67 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 248 map points about 1.2 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 Upshur County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Harrisonburg city, VA, about 80 miles southeast. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Lewis County, WV 15 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Barbour County, WV 21 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Randolph County, WV 21 mi southeast · 17% at surface
Harrison County, WV 27 mi north · 7% at surface
Braxton County, WV 30 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Webster County, WV 31 mi south · 3% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Upshur County ranks 50 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.