Sinkhole risk in Yalobusha County, MS: 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 467 square miles, under one square mile of Yalobusha County maps onto soluble rock. With about 12,458 residents (27 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 375 map points about 1.1 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 Yalobusha County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Pontotoc County, MS, about 40 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Grenada County, MS 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Calhoun County, MS 22 mi east · 6% at surface
Lafayette County, MS 26 mi northeast · 1% at surface
Tallahatchie County, MS 27 mi west · 0% at surface
Panola County, MS 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Montgomery County, MS 37 mi south · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Mississippi

Yalobusha County ranks 82 of 82 in Mississippi for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.