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

What this means before you buy

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

Across 338 square miles, under one square mile of Yates County maps onto soluble rock. With about 24,387 residents (72 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 296 map points about 1.1 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 Yates County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Union County, PA, about 116 miles south. 3 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

• Seneca County, NY 17 mi northeast · 0% at surface
• Schuyler County, NY 17 mi southeast · 0% at surface
• Ontario County, NY 18 mi northwest · 0% at surface
• Steuben County, NY 29 mi southwest · 0% at surface
• Tompkins County, NY 35 mi east · 0% at surface
• Livingston County, NY 35 mi west · 0% at surface

Against the rest of New York

Yates County ranks 62 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%