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Originally Posted by rjm1cc
Yes I have as I think it is something that a lot of people over look. But this is just an observations while I was in the Villages for two weeks in the summer of 2012. I saw two sinkholes next to ponds and in discussions with residences it seemed that the holes tended to happen near water. I think I read in the paper that during the time I was there 13 sinkholes occurred in the county. I do not remember which of the 3 counties. In Ocala at the new Del Web I also saw a sink hole by water and got the same story. In the same area, where the builder does not put in ponds (just grass cover catch-basins) only heard of one sink hole happening on the golf course (no water feature) and that was over the past few years. The salesman told me they do not make the catch basin ponds as they think this can lead to sinkholes due to the weight of the water on the land and the erosion of the limestone in heavy rains and when leaks happen in the ponds linings. Other than stay away from the water I did not come up with any solution. You just have to accept the risk.
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Here is a link that has a map of all of the areas in the USA that have/get sinkholes and also good explainations on what causes the various types of sinkholes including how man aids the process
Sinkholes, from USGS Water-Science School