Sinkhole risk in Wayne 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 to do about a house in Wayne County

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

Across 726 square miles, under one square mile of Wayne County maps onto soluble rock. With about 51,419 residents (71 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 244 map points about 1.7 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around Wayne County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 103 miles southwest. 4 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Lackawanna County, PA 22 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Pike County, PA 26 mi southeast · 0% at surface
Sullivan County, NY 27 mi east · 0% at surface
Susquehanna County, PA 29 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Wyoming County, PA 38 mi west · 0% at surface
Monroe County, PA 41 mi south · under 1% at surface

Against the rest of Pennsylvania

Wayne County ranks 66 of 67 in Pennsylvania for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.