Can Sinkholes Be Predicted? Florida Sinkhole Risk, Detection and Prediction
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Alachua County
June 2019 – A sinkhole appeared on June 21, 2019 at I-75 southbound, north of the 382-mile marker (Williston Road exit) in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. According to Florida Highway Patrol, it was 10 feet wide and about 12 to 15 feet deep.
May 2017 – A water line break caused a sinkhole to open up next to Newberry Road near Northwest 266th Street. The sinkhole was about 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep near the roadway.
Nov 2015 – A sinkhole opened near the main entrance of UF Health Shands Hospital. The sinkhole was 5 feet in diameter.
June 2014 – A large sinkhole has opened up near the Campus USA Credit Union near Newberry Road in Jonesville.
May 2012 – A giant maw of sinkhole opened in the Mathenys’ backyard at 11958 SW Fifth Avenue in the Jonesville area. The sinkhole was 80 feet long and 40 feet wide.
March 2005 – A sinkhole was reported in a resident’s back yard at Kanapaha Highlands in Alachua County, southwest of Archer Road and I-75. The hole was 12 to 14 feet in diameter and about 12 feet deep.
Bay County
Jul 2017 –  A large sinkhole opened up near Cobia Street, it was about three feet wide and four feet deep and reportedly damaged several cars.
June 2016 – A large sinkhole had opened in the southbound lane of Joan Avenue between North Lagoon Drive and Front Beach Road.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
May 2014 – A sinkhole appeared in Boca Lagoon Drive. The hole was at least 15 feet wide and 4 feet deep.
Broward County
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL
May 2019 – A sinkhole formed in Deerfield Beach, Broward County on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, when a car crashed into a fire hydrant.
COOPER CITY, FL
May 2018 – A large sinkhole formed outside Cooper City’s Biltmore Grove gated community after AT&T workers busted a water main near the neighborhood’s entrance.
PEMBROKE PINES CITY, FL
Aug 2017 – A sinkhole opened up in Pembroke Pines, blocking an entrance and exit to a shopping plaza just south of Pines Boulevard.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Feb 2017 – A large sinkhole formed in Fort Lauderdale along 24th Avenue, just north of Davie Boulevard.
CORAL SPRINGS CITY, FL
Aug 2016 – A sinkhole opened up under Loise Ogwin’s Coral Springs house.
COOPER CITY, FL
July 2016 – A vehicle is partially swallowed by a 10-foot-by-10-foot sinkhole on Thursday, July 7, 2016 in Cooper City.
Charlotte County
Sep 2016Â –Â Sinkhole opens up in Charlotte County as flood cleanup continues.
June 2015 –Â Several Port Charlotte residents are worried about possible sinkholes forming on their property. They say it started after Charlotte County did some repairs on a canal behind their homes.
June 2012 –Â A 30 foot sinkhole opened up along the canal in Punta Gorda.
Citrus County
HOMOSASSA, FL
Aug 2019 – A large hole opened up when workers were drilling a new well for a home under construction in Homosassa. Crews were excavating the well for the homeowners off of West Lincoln Lane when the void opened, swallowing a 40-foot tree.
HOMOSASSA, FL
Jan 2018 – A pair of holes opened up on U.S. 19 near Homosassa, slowing traffic on the already congested roadway.
HOMOSASSA, FL
Feb 2017 – A sinkhole caused multiple road closures in the area of U.S. Highway 19 and Grover Cleveland Boulevard. The hole stretches approximately 20 feet from the stop bar on Grover Cleveland, into the intersection.
BEVERLY HILLS, FL
Nov 2016 –Â A water main break in 11 Truman Blvd. Beverly Hills has caused a massive sinkhole that swallowed a car whole.
HOMOSASSA, FL
Sep 2015 –Â A right turn lane on U.S. 19 was shut down in Homosassa while emergency crews respond to a possible sinkhole on the shoulder of the road.
PINE RIDGE, FL
Jul 2015 –Â A sinkhole opened up in Pine Ridge off of West Breckenridge Court, swallowing a truck in the process
CITRUS COUNTY, FL
Aug 2014 – A sinkhole measuring about 30 feet deep opened Thursday, nearly swallowing a truck, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Department.
Clay County
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL
Aug 2019 – A sinkhole measuring 60 feet in diameter opened up overnight near a stretch of Auburn Avenue between Princeton and Notre Dame streets in Keystone Heights.
MIDDLEBURG, FL
June 2012 – Hundreds of people in Clay County were trapped in their homes because of sinkholes along County Road 218 between Mimosa and Nolan Road, just west of Blanding. Sinkholes were at least 40 feet.
Collier County
NAPLES, FL
June 2018 – Part of a Collier County road collapsed, shutting down lanes of US 41 due to a sinkhole, the hole apparently formed from a burst pipe.
NAPLES, FL
Mar 2017 – A sinkhole has opened in 7th Street Northwest in Golden Gate, Naples.
NORTH NAPLES, FL
Apr 2016 – A small sinkhole has opened in the Pavilion shopping plaza in North Naples. The sinkhole was approximately 2 feet wide by 4 feet deep.
Columbia County
LAKE CITY, FL
Mar 2005 – A sinkhole opened up in front of a home in Lake City. About 3 million gallons of water is pouring into the sinkhole every six minutes from a nearby pond. The hole was 225 feet long and 100 feet wide.
Duval County
JACKSONVILLE, FL
Dec 2018 – A 12-foot-sinkhole swallowed a man’s car as he was driving to work Saturday morning on Clyde Drive near Lem Turner Road.
JACKSONVILLE, FL
April 2018 – A massive sinkhole reported on the city’s Westside Thursday night caused road closures near Ringhaver Park. The sinkhole was reported in the 5300 block of 118th Street near Sundown Drive.
JACKSONVILLE, FL
Dec 2015 – People in Atlantic Beach got a surprise on Christmas morning after they found a sinkhole in their apartment complex. The hole was at the Deerfield Lakes Condominiums on Assisi Lane, which is near Mayport Road
JACKSONVILLE, FL
Nov 2015 – A parked car was swallowed by a sinkhole in the south Jacksonville community of Mandarin on the morning of Friday 20 November 2015.
Franklin County
APALACHICOLA, FL
Aug 2013 – A sinkhole appeared near the tennis courts at Chapman Square, (14th Street and Avenue D) in Apalachicola. The three-foot-by-three-foot depression is over two feet deep.
Gilchrist County
TRENTON, FL
April 2017 – A 10-year-old pug named Cookie fell into a giant sinkhole that opened after Tuesday’s rains. It took rescuers five hours to dig her free and lift her to safety. The hole was 30-foot deep.
TRENTON, FL
April 2011 – An experienced well driller died late Saturday after a sinkhole opened beneath him and his truck fell in on top of him. Smith was drilling near Trenton, in North Florida. The sides of the 35-foot sinkhole kept collapsing, making recovery of the body difficult. Smith was buried under five feet of dirt.
TRENTON-FANNING SPRINGS, FL
June 2005 – A sinkhole on State Road 26 in Gilchrist County has grown to be the largest that Florida Department of Transportation employees have worked on in North Florida. The hole was estimated to have grown to 48 by 36 feet with an average depth of 30 feet.
Hamilton County
July 2017 – A large sinkhole that had opened near the intersection of 96th Street and College Avenue on the border of Marion and Hamilton counties. A rusted water pipe ruptured causing the hole that was about 12 feet by 18 feet in size and 5 feet deep.
Hernando County
BROOKSVILLE, FL
May 2018 – A large sinkhole opened up by Bayfront Health Brooksville hospital in a water retention pond between State Road 50 and the hospital’s parking lot. The sinkhole is estimated to be 25 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep.
BROOKSVILLE, FL
Aug 2017 – Reclassification of sinkhole repairs in Hernando County leaves homeowners worried. A total of seven homes in the neighborhood were condemned as a result of the sinkhole, which grew to an estimated 50 feet deep and 250 feet wide.
SPRING HILL, FL
May 2017 – Threat of disputed sinkhole closes Palace Grand in Spring Hill.
SPRING HILL, FL
Jan 2016 – Almost 40 Hernando commercial buildings designated as ‘unrepaired sinkhole activity’.
SPRING HILL, FL
Nov 2015 – Sinkhole activity discovered underneath Spring Hill shopping plaza.
SPRING HILL, FL
Jul 2014 –  A sinkhole swallowed part of the street on Eldridge Road in Spring Hill. The hole measured about 40 yards wide and 30 feet deep and forced the evacuation of several nearby homes.
BROOKSVILLE, FL
May 2013 – The Tampa Tribune reports that since 2000, the property appraiser’s office has recorded 6,106 sinkhole properties in Hernando County. Of those, 2,726 were repaired and 3,380 were not repaired.
BROOKSVILLE, FL
June 2012 – In the Trillium community of Brooksville, at least 15 sinkholes, some fairly large, sliced up several front and back yards around homes.  The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office was also reporting about 30 sinkholes in the area of Mariner Boulevard and Claymore Street.
Highlands County
LAKE PLACID, FL
Aug 2012 – A sinkhole formed near the Eastern Mountain Sports store on Main Street and swept some lakeside equipment into Mirror Lake.
Hillsborough County
TAMPA, FL
July 2010 –Â A sinkhole has swallowed a car and forced 11 families to evacuate a building near the University of South Florida
SEFFNER, FL
March 2013 – A36-year-old man remains trapped under rubble from a sinkhole that collapsed the bedroom portion of home in Seffner. The hole was 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
TAMPA BAY, FL
Aug 2015 – A massive sinkhole in Florida, which had been filled in, has opened up again — bringing back nightmarish memories of when it swallowed a man two years ago.
SEFFNER, FL
November 2015 – A sinkhole opened in between two Seffner homes. The hole was 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
LUTZ, FL
December 2015 – A Tampa-area park was closed after a sinkhole appeared in one of its roads. The hole was 6 feet across and 90 feet deep.
TAMPA, FL
July 2017 –Â Â A sinkhole just north of Tampa swallowed and destroyed two homes and five other homes in the neighborhood were evacuated
VALRICO, FL
November 2017 –Â A hole about the size of a vehicle has opened up under an intersection in Valrico, Hillsborough County.
Jackson County
TAMPA, FL
July 2010 –Â A sinkhole has swallowed a car and forced 11 families to evacuate a building near the University of South Florida
SEFFNER, FL
March 2013 – A36-year-old man remains trapped under rubble from a sinkhole that collapsed the bedroom portion of home in Seffner. The hole was 30 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
TAMPA BAY, FL
Aug 2015 – A massive sinkhole in Florida, which had been filled in, has opened up again — bringing back nightmarish memories of when it swallowed a man two years ago.
SEFFNER, FL
November 2015 – A sinkhole opened in between two Seffner homes. The hole was 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
LUTZ, FL
December 2015 – A Tampa-area park was closed after a sinkhole appeared in one of its roads. The hole was 6 feet across and 90 feet deep.
TAMPA, FL
July 2017 –Â Â A sinkhole just north of Tampa swallowed and destroyed two homes and five other homes in the neighborhood were evacuated
Jefferson County
LAKE MICCOSUKEE, FL
October 2010 – A sinkhole opened up near the southwest end of Lake Miccosukee. The hole was nearly 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
Lafayette County
MAYO, FL
March 2016 –Â A German Shepard was rescued after being trapped inside a 30 foot sinkhole.
Lake County
LEESBURG, FL
June 2018 –Â A road in a private neighborhood called Arlington Ridge was swallowed up by a sinkhole.
CLERMONT, FL
August 2013 –Â A holiday resort near Disney World has been partially swallowed by the ground after a 50-ft wide sinkhole opened beneath the streets of Florida.
CLERMONT, FL
February 2014 – A sinkhole opened up in street of Clermont neighborhood. The sinkhole has shut down a road just south of Highway 50, near U.S. 27. The hole was 20 feet across by 10 feet deep.
Lee County
FORT MYERS, FL
June 2017 –Â A sinkhole appeared at the corner of Tournament Street and McGregor Boulevard near downtown
CAPE CORAL, FL
August 2017 – A sinkhole has been reported at Mohawk and 58th Pl. in Cape Coral.
FORT MYERS, FL
October 2017 –Â A sinkhole opened near a manhole on Winkler Road between College Parkway and McGregor Boulevard.
Leon County
TALLAHASSEE, FL
May 2013 – Members of the Leon County Sheriff’s Dive Team have recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing in a sinkhole located at 4225 Crawfordville Highway.
TALLAHASSEE, FL
August 2013 -Residents in a Tallahassee neighborhood found a sinkhole had opened up close to their homes. The hole was 15 foot wide
TALLAHASSEE, FL
May 2014 –Â A Tallahassee family said they woke up to their dogs barking, and found their grill in a small sinkhole in their front yard
Levy County
WILLISTON, FL
July 2014 –Â A sinkhole in Williston formed underneath the police station and fire department.
Madison County
MADISON, FL
July 2013 –Â A sinkhole triggered City of Madison crews to barricade a portion of NW Crane Avenue stretching from US 90 to NW Marion Street.
MADISON, FL
July 2014 – A giant sinkhole discovered in Madison County that has closed down part of a Celosia Drive, 100 yards from Country Kitchen Road. The hole was about 15 to 20 feet deep and 100 to 120 feet in diameter.
Manatee County
BRADENTON, FL
July 2013 –Â Bradenton home showing signs of possible sinkhole. The people renting a Manatee County home in the 6000 block of 1st Street East in Bradenton have been warned their safety may be in danger.
BRADENTON, FL
March 2018 –Â A large sinkhole in the Cortez East Plaza shopping center threatens nearby businesses.
Marion County
OCALA, FL
June 2012 – A large sinkhole, spanning 100 feet, opened at the edge of a retention pond in the Fore Ranch Subdivision off State Road 200, forcing the evacuation of a townhome building.
OCALA, FL
August 2013 – A sinkhole drained or swallowed a lake at Woodland Villages.
OCALA, FL
December 2015 – A sinkhole that was 20 feet x 30 feet opened at 83rd Avenue in the Oak Run neighborhood, forcing residents of several homes to evacuate.
OCALA, FL
August 2016 – Five sinkholes opened at the road in southeast Ocala. One of the holes was 30 feet deep.
OCALA, FL
September 2016 – A sinkhole appeared in front of Liberty Middle School, affecting about 15 feet of the sidewalk.
OCALA, FL
June 2017 – A sinkhole swallowed a car near the intersection of Southwest 27th Avenue and State Road 200 at the Gateway Plaza. The hole measured 20 feet by 20 feet. It was likely caused by flooding and it damaged a gas line, forcing affected business to evacuate temporarily.
OCALA, FL
June 2017 – A sinkhole with a depth of 30 feet opened under a house in the Village of Liberty Park in The Villages, forcing the 77-year old woman to evacuate her home.
OCALA, FL
September 2017 – A sinkhole opened in The Villages during Hurricane Irma. Four homes were affected.
CITRA, FL
August 2017 – A sinkhole opened up in the eastbound lane at the 300th block of East Highway 318. The sinkhole was about 9 feet across and about 5 feet deep
OCALA, FL
September 2017 – A sinkhole, with a depth of 15 feet and width of 10 feet, opened on a busy roadway of North U.S. 441 at Northwest 148th Street.
OCALA, FL
October 2017 – A sinkhole opened at the intersection of Rolling Greens Drive and Peebles Beach Road. The hole was 25 feet long and 15 feet deep.
OCALA, FL
February 2018 – A sinkhole opened under a dump truck on Southeast 25th Avenue at Southeast 80th Street. It was reported that the hole was about six feet deep.
OCALA, FL
April 2018 – At least eight sinkholes opened at the Wynchase Townhomes complex on Southwest 42nd Place. Some of the holes are reported to be 15 to 25 feet wide.
OCALA, FL
May 2018 – Several sinkholes appeared at a designated retention area that is adjacent to the parking lot in Forest High School. The holes had a width of 15 to 20 feet.
OCALA, FL
May 2018 – About 12 sinkholes appeared near a retention lake in Ocala, threatening the houses in the area.
Martin County
PALM BAY, FL
January 2015 – Small sinkhole closes road in Palm Bay, a sinkhole appeared overnight near a major thoroughfare in a residential area. The sinkhole was about two-feet wide.
INDIANTOWN, FL
September 2017 – A large hole destroyed one of the entrances to the Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Indiantown.
INDIANTOWN, FL
June 2018 –Â A sinkhole in front of a government building shut down a lane in the southbound right hand lane on S. Kanner Highway in front of Chamber of Commerce(1900 Blk).
Miami-Dade County
MIAMI GARDENS, FL
August 2016 – A sinkhole opened on Turnpike southbound near Hard Rock Stadium caused by a water line break.
Nassau County
FERNANDINA BEACH, FL
August 2015 – a sinkhole swallowed a car at an apartment complex in Fernandina Beach.
Orange County
WINTER PARK, FL
May 1981 – A sinkhole opened in Winter Park and gained international attention because of its size. Measuring 350 feet wide and 75 feet deep, the hole swallowed the home of resident Mae Rose Williams, a car dealership and five Porsches, portions of two streets, as well as the Olympic-sized swimming pool of the town. The total damages reached $4 million. According to geologist Jim Jammal, it is the largest sinkhole as a result of natural geological reasons or conditions.
ORLANDO, FL
June 2002 –Â A sinkhole measuring 150 feet wide and about 60 feet deep opened near the Woodhill Apartments in Orlando, Florida
WINDERMERE, FL
May 2012 – Insurance agents have declared the Windermere home a complete loss where a massive sinkhole opened up in the back yard. The hole was estimated by some to be 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep.
WINTER PARK, FL
June 2013 – A large sinkhole opened at a backyard in Winter Park and swallowed a swimming pool. The hole has a width of 50 feet and depth of 30 feet.
ORLANDO, FL
August 2013 – A sinkhole causes Orlando-area resort villa to partially collapse, parts of it swallowed by a 100-foot sinkhole that also endangered two neighboring resort buildings.
APOPKA, FL
May 2015 – A large hole opened in a neighborhood in Apopka after a truck crashed into a fire hydrant.
MAITLAND, FL
October 2015 – Authorities have shut down an exit ramp from Interstate 4 in central Florida after a 15-foot wide sinkhole opened up during rush hour.
ORLANDO, FL
November 2016 – A Bright House cable truck driver accidentally drove into a large sinkhole that opened up in Orlando.
WINTER GARDEN, FL
January 2017 –Â Possible sinkhole forces Winter Garden residents from home. A Winter Garden family was forced to evacuate their home after their floor buckled
WINTER GARDEN, FL
April 2017 –Â Winter Garden residents concerned after sinkhole opens in neighborhood. The hole forced crews to shut down a road in the Orchard Hill subdivision on Cypress Hill Road
APOPKA, FL
September 2017 – A large sinkhole formed behind Apopka Middle School. It swallowed a section of the West Orange Trail.
APOPKA, FL
September 2017 – A sinkhole opened and swallowed a portion of West Kelly Park Road. The hole was 25 feet wide and 15 feet deep.
APOPKA, FL
September 2017 – A few days later, another sinkhole opened and swallowed a portion of a home in Apopka. It had a depth of 30 feet and appeared about 100 feet away from a home.
PINE HILLS, FL
March 2018 – A sinkhole that opened up near an Orange County home forced a family of six to evacuate, firefighters and deputies responded to the home on Harrington Drive. The hole was about 13 feet deep and 20 feet wide.
Okaloosa County
CRESTVIEW, FL
July 2013 –Â A sinkhole formed between two homes in southwest Crestview, caused by a leaking undergound drain pipe that channels storm water runoff from the hill opposite the homes.
DESTIN, FL
June 2016 –Â Motorists traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 98 about 200 yards east of Gulf Shore Drive encountered a 3- to 4-foot sinkhole that delayed traffic and even closed down part of the roadway.
DESTIN, FL
January 2018 –Â A car was trapped when a water main break caused a sinkhole opened up in Destin.
Palm Beach County
WEST PALM BEACH, FL
November 2010 – Man drives jeep into sinkhole in West Palm Beach. As the man drove his 1995 Jeep Cherokee across the flooded roadway at about 5 p.m., the front end fell into a sinkhole.
BOCA RATON, FL
May 2013 – A 20-foot-wide sinkhole opens in Boca Raton neighborhood. The hole caused students to be evacuated from a school bus that got caught in the hole. The hole was about twenty feet wide and five feet deep.
PALM BEACH, FL
May 2017 – A sinkhole opened up near Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago oceanfront. The 4-foot-by-4-foot hole was on Southern Boulevard near a recently installed water pipe
PALM BEACH, FL
June 2018 –Â Â A sinkhole closed the northbound lane of N. Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach.
Pasco County
HUDSON, FL
June 2012 – Susan Minutillo, 79, climbed out of her dark gray Mercury and saw the emergency trucks outside her house in Beacon Woods East. A sinkhole under the back half of her home began to collapse. Forty-five minutes later, half the house was gone
DADE CITY, FL
August 2013 – A sinkhole that’s about 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep opened west of Dade City. The hole was located in the rural area of where Jessamine and Jim Denney roads intersect, east of Interstate 75 and west of Dade City.
PORT RICHEY, FL
July 2015 –Â 6 homes were evacuated in Port Richey over possible sinkholes. The size of one of the depressions in Port Richey was estimated to be about 10 to 20 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep.
HUDSON, FL
August 2016 – A 50 feet wide sinkhole opened in front of Hudson home. They discovered the sinkhole nearly 50 feet wide underneath the driveway and garage of a home on Mediterranean Court
LAND O’ LAKES, FL
July 2017 – A large sinkhole formed and swallowed two homes in a neighborhood in Land O’ Lakes and officials said it could take months to clean up all of the damage.
LAND O’ LAKES, FL
August 2017 –Â 7 homes condemned near massive Land O’ Lakes sinkhole that opened on July 2017 that swallowed two homes.
HUDSON, FL
September 2017 –Â Pasco officials have closed Pebble Beach Circle in Bayonet Point after a possible sinkhole opened in a home’s yard. The hole was measured at 5 feet by 8 feet
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL
March 2018 –Â A large depression has opened up beneath a home in New Port Richey, Florida
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL
June 2018 – 15-foot sinkhole opened up in New Port Richey and 4 homes voluntarily evacuated. The depression opened up in the Moon Lake area of Pearl Drive. It was approximately 15 square feet and is about 10 feet deep in the backyard of two mobile homes.
Pinellas County
TARPON SPRINGS, FL
November 2002 –Â Rescuers evacuated 12 residents of a Pinellas County condominium complex after a 15-foot-deep sinkhole opened beneath one of the units.
DUNEDIN, FL
November 2013 –Â Residents of several Florida homes have been evacuated due to a possible sinkhole that opened in a backyard in Pinellas County.
LARGO, FL
December 2015 – A small depression formed in a newly paved road near Water’s Edge condos at 11485 Oakhurst Road in Largo, after two days it turned into an abyss 20 feet deep and 40 feet across.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL
October 2017 –  St. Petersburg police are warning drivers to stay away from a road in the middle lane of 34th Street South at 4th Avenue South where a depression has formed that is large enough to swallow a car. The depression was about 10 feet deep and 10 feet across.
PALM HARBOR, FL
January 2018 –Â A Palm Harbor home has been determined to be “uninhabitable” because of a possible sinkhole in the Highland Estates subdivision.
Polk County
LAKELAND, FL
June 2006 –Â Two giant sinkholes almost completely drained a lake, leaving dead fish rotting on oozing mud flats and alligators and snapping turtles fighting for their lives.
FROSTPROOF, FL
January 2010 –Â A 90-foot-wide sinkhole has swallowed a shed and is threatening to take a nearby house and neighborhood in Frostproof
WINTER HAVEN, FL
May 2014 – A sinkhole has developed in a Winter Haven shopping plaza parking lot across from the entrance to Legoland. The hole was approximately 70 feet around and 15 feet deep.
WINTER HAVEN, FL
July 2016 –Â Small sinkhole closed lane of Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven. The hole was about 3 feet deep and 3 feet wide.
MULBERRY, FL
July 2016 –Â A massive sinkhole that opened underneath a gypsum stack at a Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant in Mulberry may have dumped at least 215Â million gallons of contaminated water into the Floridan Aquifer. A 45-foot-wide sinkhole opened at the New Wales plant, where phosphate rock mined elsewhere is converted into fertilizer.
LAKE WALES, FL
January 2017 –Â A sinkhole opened in the parking lot at 2404 Hunt Brothers Road in Lake Wales citrus grove and packinghouse and was about 60 feet around.
Sarasota County
VENICE, FL
Dec 2012 –Â About a 20-square-foot sinkhole opened in the middle of Nassau Street in downtown Venice. The hole was about two feet wide and eight to 10 feet long
Seminole County
SANFORD, FL
November 2002 –Â A 50-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep sinkhole destroyed a barn and killing two horses
LAKE MARY, FL
December 2012 –Â Â A hole opened up behind a home on Lake Como Drive in the Hills of Lake Mary subdivision
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL
August 2015 – A sinkhole opened up at the Oasis at Pearl Lake condo complex on Alden Parkway, six units were affected and had to evacuate as engineers have been monitoring a 10-foot-deep hole.
LAKE MARY, FL
October 2016 –Â An apparent sinkhole was discovered in Lake Mary. The hole opened up on Sand Pond Road, just off Lake Emma Road and about a mile south of Lake Mary Boulevard.
WINTER SPRINGS, FL
September 2017 –Â A man driving a van during Hurricane Irma took a nosedive into a sinkhole that opened up at a Winter Springs apartment complex.
LAKE MARY, FL
March 2018 –Â A sinkhole swallows Lake Mary street near a bus stop
St. John’s County
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL
September 2013 – A sinkhole that opened up in Ponte Vedra Beach swallowed up a woman’s Smart Car and, if not for her quick thinking, almost swallowed her with it.
VILANO BEACH, FL
November 2015 –Â A sinkhole developed in Vilano Beach according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The sinkhole has impacted a residential area in the 100 block of Sandcastle Lane.
ST. JOHNS, FL
June 2017 –Â Â A car was nearly swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up as the result of a crash.
St. Lucie County
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL
October 2010 –Â A giant sinkhole swallowed the entire westbound lane of Port St. Lucie Boulevard.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL
August 2012 –Â Floods open huge sinkhole in Port St. Lucie.
FORT PIERCE, FL
January 2014 –Â A busy roadway in Fort Pierce had to be closed to traffic because of the huge sinkhole left behind by the heavy rain and flooding.
FORT PIERCE, FL
September 2017 – A large sinkhole has opened in the 300 block of North 14th Street, between Avenues C and D in Fort Pierce. The hole was 6 feet deep and 8 feet wide.
Sumter County
THE VILLAGES, FL
June 2017 – A scary sight in The Villages, where a sinkhole opened under a woman’s home located under a home on the 1300 block of Abercrombie way.
THE VILLAGES, FL
July 2017 –Â – A depression that started off as a small hole in The Villages has grown larger and has put residents on heightened alert.
THE VILLAGES, FL
March 2018 – Six apparent sinkholes in Florida have made at least two homes unsafe to occupy. The houses in The Villages were evacuated and condemned after multiple holes emerged between them, cracking the walls of one.
THE VILLAGES, FL
May 2018 –Â Â Four sinkholes opened near several homes in The Villages in the same area where several sinkholes opened appeared about three months ago.
Suwannee County
BRANFORD, FL
January 2010 –Â A sinkhole opened up in Branford during a heavy rainfall, partially under a 280th Terrace mobile home.
McAlpin, FL
October 2012 –Â More than 50 sinkholes opened up in Chuck Matukaitis property in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby. One of them is believed to be the largest sinkhole in Suwannee County.
LIVE OAK, FL
September 2013 – Flooding opened up countless sinkholes on Warren Street in downtown Live Oak.
BRANFORD, FL
November 2013 – Three sinkholes formed in the area at the Branford Wastewater Treatment Plant, draining treated wastewater contents of the plant’s percolation pond. The area is located one-half mile east of Branford High School, just south of CR 247 and 77th Road.
LIVE OAK, FL
June 2017 –  A 15-foot long sinkhole has shut down portions of a road in 182nd Street between 129th Road and 137th Road as a safety precaution.
Volusia County
DELTONA, FL
December 2004 –Â A growing sinkhole swallowed a four-lane road and forced the evacuation of 20 Central Florida homes,
ORANGE CITY, FL
January 2005 –Â County workers started shoring up a 120-feet-wide, 40-feet-deep sinkhole that opened near Orange City, swallowing one home whole and part of another.
DEBARY, FL
August 2008 –Â Volusia County evacuated about 20 homes in DeBary after a sinkhole opened in a neighborhood.
DELAND, FL
January 2013 – A sinkhole opened just before noon in a gravel parking lot in the DeLand area, uprooting a large tree and damaging some power lines. The sinkhole was inside a fenced-in pasture and was more than 50 feet long and 20 feet across.
DELTONA, FL
August 2014 –Â A small sinkhole opened under the music building at Deltona High
ORANGE CITY, FL
March 2015 – A possible sinkhole has opened in Orange City Mobile Home Park. The hole was 5 feet wide and 4 feet deep.
DELTONA, FL
August 2017 –Â Â A home in the unincorporated area of Volusia County near Deltona that was the site of a potential sinkhole has been deemed uninhabitable due to foundation failure.
DEBARY, FL
April 2018 –Â A sinkhole at Gemini Springs Park DeBary is growing, county leaders think heavy rains from Hurricane Irma created a depression in the grassy area. The hole was several feet long and wide and is 10 feet deep.
Wakulla County
CRAWFORDVILLE, FL
June 2018 –  A sinkhole opened up overnight in Crawfordville New Light Church Road near Log Cabin Road. The hole was approximately 25 feet from the roadway.
Walton County
SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL
March 2017 –Â The Walton County Public Works department has closed a section of County Road 30A that was affected by a large sinkhole.
Washington County
VERNON, FL
January 2016 – A five foot deep sinkhole opened in a pretty rural neighborhood on the west side of Vernon