Sinkhole risk in Providence County, RI: 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 Providence County

No soluble bedrock is mapped here, so natural sinkholes are unlikely. Collapses from broken pipes or old mines are a separate risk.

Across 409 square miles, under one square mile of Providence County maps onto soluble rock. With about 675,912 residents (1,651 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 347 map points about 1.1 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Providence County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 291 miles west. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Kent County, RI 13 mi south · 0% at surface
Bristol County, RI 19 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT 20 mi west · 0% at surface
Bristol County, MA 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Norfolk County, MA 29 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Newport County, RI 30 mi southeast · 0% at surface

Against the rest of Rhode Island

Providence County ranks 4 of 5 in Rhode Island for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.