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Originally Posted by mac6115cd
Found an informative site at:
Sinkhole Maps of Florida Counties
It's only for 2008, but it gives a nice summary of sinkhole locations. From what I can see, sinkholes are relatively common and insurance is highly recommended. |
The thing to remember is these maps only give details on reported sinkholes. Of course if a sinkhole opens up in a residential area (eg. TV) the sinkholes will be reported. But think of all that pastureland out there with unreported sinkholes. I say this because I am a cave diver and some of the best cave dives I have ever done in Florida were sinkholes (which opened up to the aquifer) in some farmers' fields that no one knew about.
The bottom line is to remember that these type of survey maps probably underreport, so the incidence is probably significantly higher.
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