Sinkhole risk in Worcester 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%

What to do about a house in Worcester County

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

Across 468 square miles, under one square mile of Worcester County maps onto soluble rock. With about 54,337 residents (116 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 567 map points about 0.9 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: how these percentages are measured, and the warning signs that apply anywhere.

Counties around Worcester County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Jefferson County, WV, about 157 miles northwest. 5 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band, so this is a regional pattern rather than a local quirk.

Wicomico County, MD 20 mi northwest · 0% at surface
Sussex County, DE 31 mi north · 0% at surface
Somerset County, MD 31 mi west · 0% at surface
Accomack County, VA 40 mi southwest · 0% at surface
Dorchester County, MD 42 mi west · 0% at surface
Caroline County, MD 53 mi northwest · 10% at surface

Against the rest of Maryland

Worcester County ranks 23 of 24 in Maryland for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.