Sinkhole risk in Valley County, NE: 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 Valley 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 Valley County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,032 residents (7 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 391 map points about 1.2 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 Valley County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Kearney County, NE, about 73 miles south. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Greeley County, NE 23 mi east · 0% at surface
- Garfield County, NE 24 mi north · 0% at surface
- Sherman County, NE 24 mi south · 0% at surface
- Howard County, NE 34 mi southeast · 11% at surface
- Wheeler County, NE 34 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Loup County, NE 36 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Valley County ranks 89 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%