Sinkhole risk in Vanderburgh County, IN: 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 233 square miles, under one square mile of Vanderburgh County maps onto soluble rock. With about 180,387 residents (773 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 304 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Vanderburgh County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Hardin County, IL, about 51 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Posey County, IN 15 mi west · 0% at surface
Henderson County, KY 16 mi south · 0% at surface
Warrick County, IN 18 mi east · 0% at surface
Gibson County, IN 21 mi north · 0% at surface
Spencer County, IN 31 mi east · under 1% at surface
Union County, KY 32 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Indiana

Vanderburgh County ranks 85 of 92 in Indiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.