Sinkhole risk in Van Buren County, MI: 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 Van Buren County

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

Across 608 square miles, under one square mile of Van Buren County maps onto soluble rock. With about 76,129 residents (125 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 326 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Van Buren County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Barry County, MI, about 55 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Allegan County, MI 10 mi north · 0% at surface
Cass County, MI 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Kalamazoo County, MI 40 mi east · 0% at surface
Berrien County, MI 41 mi southwest · 0% at surface
St. Joseph County, IN 46 mi south · 0% at surface
St. Joseph County, MI 48 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Michigan

Van Buren County ranks 80 of 83 in Michigan for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.