Sinkhole risk in Yell County, AR: 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 930 square miles, under one square mile of Yell County maps onto soluble rock. With about 20,134 residents (22 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 544 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Yell County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Boone County, AR, about 92 miles north. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Logan County, AR 23 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Perry County, AR 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Garland County, AR 33 mi southeast · 12% at surface
Montgomery County, AR 34 mi southwest · 14% at surface
Pope County, AR 38 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Scott County, AR 38 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Arkansas

Yell County ranks 75 of 75 in Arkansas for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.