Sinkhole risk in Wood 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 367 square miles, under one square mile of Wood County maps onto soluble rock. With about 82,757 residents (226 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 528 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 Wood County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Summers County, WV, about 113 miles south. 6 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Wirt County, WV 15 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Washington County, OH 17 mi north · 0% at surface
Pleasants County, WV 22 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Ritchie County, WV 24 mi east · 0% at surface
Jackson County, WV 27 mi south · 0% at surface
Meigs County, OH 29 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of West Virginia

Wood County ranks 54 of 55 in West Virginia for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.