Sinkhole risk in Cumberland County, ME: 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 Cumberland County
No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.
Across 836 square miles, under one square mile of Cumberland County maps onto soluble rock. With about 313,809 residents (375 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 479 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 Cumberland County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 395 miles southwest. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.
- Sagadahoc County, ME 25 mi east · 0% at surface
- Androscoggin County, ME 26 mi north · 0% at surface
- York County, ME 31 mi southwest · 0% at surface
- Lincoln County, ME 43 mi east · 1% at surface
- Carroll County, NH 44 mi west · 0% at surface
- Strafford County, NH 50 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Against the rest of Maine
Cumberland County ranks 6 of 16 in Maine for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Lincoln County 1%
- Knox County under 1%
- Piscataquis County under 1%
- Androscoggin County 0%
- Aroostook County 0%