Sinkhole risk in Potter 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%

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.

Across 1,081 square miles, under one square mile of Potter County maps onto soluble rock. With about 15,993 residents (15 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 386 map points about 1.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Potter County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 70 miles southeast. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Cameron County, PA 27 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Tioga County, PA 33 mi east · 0% at surface
Allegany County, NY 35 mi north · 0% at surface
McKean County, PA 35 mi west · 0% at surface
Clinton County, PA 38 mi south · 21% at surface
Steuben County, NY 44 mi northeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Pennsylvania

Potter County ranks 61 of 67 in Pennsylvania for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.