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Old 06-15-2009, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by conn8757 View Post
I think all of Florida is sinkhole prone - it is not necessarily more so in the Villages. That's why we have so many lakes all over the state. It happens in Orlando - a huge one about 20 years ago that took a dry cleaner, a car lot and some homes. It happens all over the state.
A lot of the sink holes in The Villages occur in the man made ponds as a result of digging the top layers down close to the limestone layer. This then lets the water build up adding extra pressure which causes what once may have been a seep into a torrent.