Sinkhole risk in Vermilion Parish, LA: 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 Vermilion Parish

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

Across 1,172 square miles, under one square mile of Vermilion Parish maps onto soluble rock. With about 57,641 residents (49 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 283 map points about 2.0 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 Vermilion Parish

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Noxubee County, MS, about 318 miles northeast. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lafayette Parish, LA 32 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Iberia Parish, LA 32 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Acadia Parish, LA 34 mi north · 0% at surface
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA 44 mi northwest · 0% at surface
St. Martin Parish, LA 48 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Cameron Parish, LA 51 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Louisiana

Vermilion Parish ranks 57 of 64 in Louisiana for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.