Sinkhole risk in Wheeler County, NE: 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 575 square miles, under one square mile of Wheeler County maps onto soluble rock. With about 808 residents (1 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 391 map points about 1.2 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 Wheeler County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Knox County, NE, about 59 miles northeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Garfield County, NE 22 mi west · 0% at surface
- Greeley County, NE 25 mi south · 0% at surface
- Boone County, NE 28 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Antelope County, NE 30 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Valley County, NE 34 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Holt County, NE 39 mi north · 15% at surface
Against the rest of Nebraska
Wheeler County ranks 92 of 93 in Nebraska for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Hamilton County 80%
- Adams County 79%
- Merrick County 79%
- Webster County 78%
- Franklin County 78%