Sinkhole risk in Escambia County, FL: 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.

Standard Florida homeowners policies cover only catastrophic ground cover collapse; full sinkhole coverage is a separately priced option insurers must offer.

Across 657 square miles, under one square mile of Escambia County maps onto soluble rock. With about 331,275 residents (504 per square mile), most of the county is built up, so a mapped unit is likely to sit under somebody's street. The figures come from 490 map points about 1.2 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: what Florida insurers have to cover, and why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone.

Counties around Escambia County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Holmes County, FL, about 92 miles east. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Santa Rosa County, FL 21 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Baldwin County, AL 27 mi west · 0% at surface
Escambia County, AL 42 mi north · 0% at surface
Okaloosa County, FL 44 mi east · 0% at surface
Mobile County, AL 53 mi west · 0% at surface
Conecuh County, AL 65 mi north · 16% at surface

Against the rest of Florida

Escambia County ranks 64 of 67 in Florida for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.