Sinkhole risk in Warren County, NC: 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 this means before you buy

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

Across 429 square miles, under one square mile of Warren County maps onto soluble rock. With about 19,081 residents (44 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 321 map points about 1.2 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 Warren County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Edgecombe County, NC, about 43 miles southeast. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Vance County, NC 17 mi west · 0% at surface
Franklin County, NC 24 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Mecklenburg County, VA 25 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Halifax County, NC 27 mi east · 24% at surface
Brunswick County, VA 29 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Nash County, NC 31 mi south · 16% at surface

Against the rest of North Carolina

Warren County ranks 98 of 100 in North Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.