Sinkhole risk in Waushara 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 Waushara County

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

Across 626 square miles, under one square mile of Waushara County maps onto soluble rock. With about 25,079 residents (40 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 396 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Waushara County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 86 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Marquette County, WI 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Green Lake County, WI 27 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Adams County, WI 28 mi west · 0% at surface
Portage County, WI 28 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Winnebago County, WI 28 mi east · under 1% at surface
Waupaca County, WI 29 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Wisconsin

Waushara County ranks 71 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.