Sinkhole risk in Rensselaer County, NY: No soluble rock mapped
No soluble rock mapped
No soluble bedrock mapped.
- On soluble rock
- under 1%
- At or near the surface
- 0%
- Buried under cover
- under 1%
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.
That works out to roughly 2 of Rensselaer County's 652 square miles on soluble rock. With about 160,749 residents (246 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 298 map points about 1.5 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 Rensselaer County
The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 219 miles southwest. None of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so Rensselaer County stands out from its surroundings.
- Albany County, NY 25 mi west · 0% at surface
- Berkshire County, MA 28 mi southeast · 0% at surface
- Schenectady County, NY 28 mi west · 0% at surface
- Bennington County, VT 30 mi northeast · 0% at surface
- Saratoga County, NY 32 mi northwest · under 1% at surface
- Columbia County, NY 32 mi south · 0% at surface
What Rensselaer County is built on
The largest mapped soluble unit here is the Stockbridge Formation (marble), Cambrian - Lower Ordovician in age, covering about under 1% of the county.
Against the rest of New York
Rensselaer County ranks 44 of 62 in New York for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.
- New York County under 1%
- St. Lawrence County under 1%
- Saratoga County under 1%
- Cayuga County under 1%
- Clinton County under 1%