Sinkhole risk in Elk 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 827 square miles, under one square mile of Elk County maps onto soluble rock. With about 30,124 residents (36 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 248 map points about 1.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.
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Counties around Elk County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 89 miles east. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.
- Cameron County, PA 24 mi east · 0% at surface
- McKean County, PA 27 mi north · 0% at surface
- Jefferson County, PA 27 mi southwest · 24% at surface
- Clearfield County, PA 30 mi south · under 1% at surface
- Forest County, PA 31 mi west · 0% at surface
- Clarion County, PA 43 mi west · 36% at surface
Against the rest of Pennsylvania
Elk County ranks 52 of 67 in Pennsylvania for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- Union County 53%
- Cumberland County 48%
- Lancaster County 46%
- Juniata County 45%
- Mifflin County 45%