SinkholeOdds

Sinkhole risk in Walton County, GA: 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 Walton County

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

Across 327 square miles, under one square mile of Walton County maps onto soluble rock. With about 109,792 residents (336 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 522 map points about 0.8 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 Walton County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Bartow County, GA, about 71 miles northwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Against the rest of Georgia

Walton County ranks 154 of 159 in Georgia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.