Sinkhole risk in Bradford County, PA: 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 1,147 square miles, under one square mile of Bradford County maps onto soluble rock. With about 59,699 residents (52 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 349 map points about 1.8 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 Bradford County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 64 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Sullivan County, PA 24 mi south · 0% at surface
Chemung County, NY 28 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Tioga County, NY 29 mi north · 0% at surface
Wyoming County, PA 31 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Susquehanna County, PA 36 mi east · 0% at surface
Tioga County, PA 39 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Pennsylvania

Bradford County ranks 48 of 67 in Pennsylvania for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.