Sinkhole risk in Wood 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 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 793 square miles, under one square mile of Wood County maps onto soluble rock. With about 73,943 residents (93 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 363 map points about 1.5 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
Read next: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.
Counties around Wood County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Vernon County, WI, about 71 miles southwest. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Portage County, WI 27 mi east · 0% at surface
- Marathon County, WI 33 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Clark County, WI 34 mi northwest · 0% at surface
- Adams County, WI 36 mi south · 0% at surface
- Juneau County, WI 37 mi south · 0% at surface
- Jackson County, WI 39 mi west · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Wisconsin
Wood County ranks 72 of 72 in Wisconsin for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lafayette County 91%
- Grant County 84%
- Iowa County 77%
- Crawford County 71%
- Vernon County 63%