Where do sinkholes occur?
Sinkholes can occur in all parts of Lake County although some areas are more prone to sinkhole than others. What are Sinkhole Warning Signs? • Fresh exposures on fence posts, foundations or trees that result when the ground sinks around them; • Slumping, sagging or slanting fence posts, trees or other objects. • Doors and windows that fail to close properly or exhibit changed behavior such as doors remaining open where they had previously closed of their own accord. • Small ponds of rainfall forming where water has not collected before. • Wilting of small, circular areas of vegetation. This happens because the moisture that normally supports vegetation in the area is draining into the sinkhole that is developing below the surface. • Cloudy water is pumped from nearby wells where the water was previously clear. • Cracks in walls, floors, pavement and the ground surface. This is most noticeable in a concrete block structure and is different from a few hairline cracks normally seen betwee
