Sinkhole risk in Wirt County, WV: 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 233 square miles, under one square mile of Wirt County maps onto soluble rock. With about 4,924 residents (21 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 525 map points about 0.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Wirt County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 98 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Wood County, WV 15 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Calhoun County, WV 19 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Roane County, WV 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Ritchie County, WV 20 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Jackson County, WV 20 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Pleasants County, WV 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Wirt County ranks 53 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.