Sinkhole risk in Vilas County, WI: 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 Vilas County

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

Across 858 square miles, under one square mile of Vilas County maps onto soluble rock. With about 23,948 residents (28 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 254 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Vilas County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 181 miles south. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Oneida County, WI 23 mi south · 0% at surface
Gogebic County, MI 33 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Iron County, WI 41 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Forest County, WI 44 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Iron County, MI 47 mi east · 0% at surface
Price County, WI 49 mi southwest · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Vilas County ranks 65 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.