Sinkhole Risk Intelligence Portal
Sinkholes are reportedly becoming more common with urbanization. They are dangerous, unpredictable, and could cause serious damages as well as economical losses. In some cases, sinkholes can even lead to the loss of lives in a matter of seconds. They are like ticking bombs waiting to happen.
On average, the cost of damage for a sinkhole event is estimated to be between $20K and $100K. The state of Florida, also known as the capital of sinkhole, suffers from $200M to $400M of sinkhole damages every year.
Conventional sinkhole detection that relies on continuous ground surveying using a range of speicalized techniques such as ground penetrating radar (GPR) could be time consuming and costly. There is an opportunity to amalgamate non-geological open-data to complement the identification of areas with higher risks of sinkhole formations. We have developed a sinkhole risk intelligence portal that utilizes satellite imagery and open-data to enable the identification and visualization of areas with heightened risks of sinkhole formations.
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By leveraiging open-data and machine learning techniques, our unique approach to sinkhole risk assessment combines data from sources including Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, USDA soil composition, NOAA weather data and FDEP land subsidence incidents to produce ZIP code level sinkhole risk predictions.