Sinkhole risk in Somerset County, MD: 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 320 square miles, under one square mile of Somerset County maps onto soluble rock. With about 25,241 residents (79 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 541 map points about 0.8 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Somerset County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Hertford County, NC, about 134 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Accomack County, VA 22 mi south · 0% at surface
Wicomico County, MD 24 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Dorchester County, MD 27 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Worcester County, MD 31 mi east · 0% at surface
Northumberland County, VA 32 mi southwest · 12% at surface
St. Mary's County, MD 38 mi west · 15% at surface

Against the rest of Maryland

Somerset County ranks 21 of 24 in Maryland for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.