Sinkhole risk in Wilson County, TX: 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%

The next step for one property

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

Across 804 square miles, under one square mile of Wilson County maps onto soluble rock. With about 55,415 residents (69 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 526 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Wilson County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Runnels County, TX, about 216 miles northwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Karnes County, TX 23 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Guadalupe County, TX 29 mi north · 9% at surface
Bexar County, TX 32 mi northwest · 42% at surface
Atascosa County, TX 33 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Gonzales County, TX 41 mi northeast · 0% at surface
DeWitt County, TX 44 mi east · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Texas

Wilson County ranks 250 of 254 in Texas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.