Sinkhole risk in York County, SC: 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 York County

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

Across 681 square miles, under one square mile of York County maps onto soluble rock. With about 303,001 residents (445 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 332 map points about 1.4 miles apart, so a pocket smaller than that can be missed or overstated.

Counties around York County

The nearest county rated sinkhole country is Kershaw County, SC, about 55 miles southeast. 2 of the 6 closest counties land in the same band; the ground changes quickly around here.

Chester County, SC 19 mi south · 0% at surface
Gaston County, NC 22 mi north · 6% at surface
Cherokee County, SC 25 mi west · 5% at surface
Mecklenburg County, NC 27 mi northeast · 0% at surface
Union County, SC 31 mi southwest · 2% at surface
Cleveland County, NC 33 mi northwest · 2% at surface

Against the rest of South Carolina

York County ranks 46 of 46 in South Carolina for soluble rock at the surface, and sits above 0% of US counties on that measure.