Sinkhole risk in Van Buren County, AR: 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 710 square miles, under one square mile of Van Buren County maps onto soluble rock. With about 16,152 residents (23 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 285 map points about 1.6 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Two things to read before deciding: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Van Buren County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Marion County, AR, about 48 miles north. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Searcy County, AR 24 mi northwest · 46% at surface
Conway County, AR 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Stone County, AR 28 mi northeast · 39% at surface
Cleburne County, AR 29 mi east · 0% at surface
Pope County, AR 30 mi west · 0% at surface
Faulkner County, AR 32 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Van Buren County ranks 72 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.