Sinkhole risk in Wyoming County, NY: No soluble rock mapped

What to do about a house in Wyoming County

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

Across 593 square miles, under one square mile of Wyoming County maps onto soluble rock. With about 39,588 residents (67 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 364 map points about 1.3 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Worth reading for this county: why gypsum and salt move faster than limestone, and how these percentages are measured.

Counties around Wyoming County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 134 miles southeast. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

• Genesee County, NY 21 mi north · 0% at surface
• Livingston County, NY 23 mi east · 0% at surface
• Erie County, NY 28 mi west · 0% at surface
• Allegany County, NY 33 mi south · 0% at surface
• Cattaraugus County, NY 39 mi southwest · 0% at surface
• Orleans County, NY 44 mi north · 0% at surface

Against the rest of New York

Wyoming County ranks 61 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%