Sinkhole risk in Webster County, KY: 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 Webster County

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

Across 332 square miles, under one square mile of Webster County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,854 residents (39 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 533 map points about 0.8 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 Webster County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Crittenden County, KY, about 26 miles southwest, close enough that the same rock may run under the county line. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Hopkins County, KY 16 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Union County, KY 17 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Henderson County, KY 20 mi north · 0% at surface
McLean County, KY 23 mi east · 0% at surface
Crittenden County, KY 26 mi southwest · 66% at surface
Caldwell County, KY 28 mi south · 74% at surface

Against the rest of Kentucky

Webster County ranks 119 of 120 in Kentucky for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.