The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

The sinkhole, which is so wide and deep that it could comfortably contain a four-story building, is feared to still be ...

Near the area of the sinkhole, according to Newsweek, a family known as the Kelton Family is unable to use a well as a water ...

(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the 1970s. The property owners and visitors stand on the edge of the sinkhole's far side.

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing ... The Kelton Ranch is a few miles outside McCamey in rural Upton County. McCamey is one of countless Texas towns formed in an oil boom.