Sinkhole risk in Yuba County, CA: 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 to do about a house in Yuba County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 632 square miles, under one square mile of Yuba County maps onto soluble rock. With about 87,469 residents (138 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 399 map points about 1.3 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 Yuba County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Emery County, UT, about 569 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Sutter County, CA 25 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Butte County, CA 31 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
- Nevada County, CA 31 mi east · 0% at surface
- Placer County, CA 36 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Colusa County, CA 48 mi west · 0% at surface
- Sierra County, CA 49 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Against the rest of California
Yuba County ranks 58 of 58 in California for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Trinity County 25%
- Inyo County 17%
- Ventura County 9%
- Shasta County 9%
- Siskiyou County 9%