It is great to know where sinkholes have been and have been remediated and the ground stabilized; and Gracie's map is most informative for anyone considering a move to Florida...BUT...I have yet to find a website that provides accurate information on where and when the next sinkhole in The Villages will occur. Makes me wonder if I will ever want to move from our little piece of heaven on the historic side.

I can't figure out what the gist, focus, reason and point is to the OPs post. Maybe someone can clarify it for me?


By law any remediation activity to a sinkhole MUST be disclosed to a potential buyer.


I am just tryin' to "hep".

My guess, based on this thread and others by the same OP, is that the OP is trying to gather data on repair costs for (non-catastrophic ground collapse) sinkhole damages in TV. And one possible reason for collecting that data would be to support his hypothesis that self-insurance for sinkhole damage would be worth consideration for Villagers.

Sinkhole test before purchase
 

I can't argue with a sinkhole test done before purchasing a home at buyers expense. Tennessee requires seller to pay for Termite inspection before closing a home can happen.

Back on topic. The same county web site referred to by Charles Swofford will tell you CSwofford lives in TV.

An inspector can look around and if there are no large cracks in walls and windows or unusual depressions in the ground he will determine that there is not an active sink hole. That test is very inexpensive, however it does not tell you if you are sitting over a potential sinkhole.
A test for a potential sink hole is done by an engineer and the cost is around $10,000.

Thats true. Even a regular home inspection may come back clean, such as electrical, and the home could possibly burn down the next day due to faulty wiring! I believe that I would still pay the $160 for a "little" peace of mind!

This comment is key to what concerns many homeowners. You are not looking to see former sinkhole activity to choose a particular house, but an "Area" to purchase in. So, it appears, you would avoid homes within 5, 10, or 20 miles from any sinkhole. You may be out of luck in Florida.

If you look carefully at the map in an earlier post, you will see there are very few sinkholes south of the Tampa Bay area. Collier county (Naples) had none, Lee county (Fort Myers) had two, Manatee county (Bradenton) had three, and Sarasota county had a handful. This is since 1954, sixty years, if this map is accurate.

Thank you for the info. I am soon moving to southern Florida around the Everglades as this looks like an area that has no sinkhole activity. Does anyone know if there are any retirement communities like The Villages in that area that I could look at? Just kidding! (That map is very helpful. It shows that central Florida has more sinkhole activity than the rest of the state.)

The map above map is useless, the one of Sumter county is almost six years old.

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/pag...158/f11158.htm

I can't find any point on this map that I recognize. Don't understand the dots and what exactly they stand for. I kinda think this one isn't much help either.

and the area around the villages looks pretty clear as well.....