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[LordBistian]

@ OP: breach caverns, put fortification, profit. Also, once you breach the caverns, there will be tree's growing on any mud underground.
IIRC.

[CapnUrist]

Perhaps I should rephrase my question. Is there some other possibility for the damp stone?

Is there any visible water directly above/below where you're digging? Digging just above/below plumbing, or any water for that matter, will constantly provoke this message as you uncover stone that's adjacent to water in any orthogonal direction.

[Sutremaine]

But you can breach the caverns without having to deal with them.  I often dig exploratory tunnels then wall them off again.

Putting down exploratory shafts made of up-down staircases is good too. I'm not sure what the odds are of discovering a cavern at its ground level are compared with tunneling, but shafts make less of a mess and find things very quickly.

Quick example: 2x2 site, play now, four shafts right at each corner.
13th Granite: magma discovered
25th Granite: third cavern discovered
16th Slate: second cavern discovered
11th Felsite: four staircases finished, nothing else discovered. Miner still at Proficient.

The second cavern was discovered at ground level and quickly walled off, southern wall last.
That's a bit of an artificial example as literally the only order I gave was to dig and I started at ground level, but it's feasible to start with a small scrape in the dirt before moving on to the exploratory stuff.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Perhaps I should rephrase my question. Is there some other possibility for the damp stone?

Is there any visible water directly above/below where you're digging? Digging just above/below plumbing, or any water for that matter, will constantly provoke this message as you uncover stone that's adjacent to water in any orthogonal direction.

Nothing above. If I recall correctly, I haven't dug to the corresponding area below, and now don't want to...

[CapnUrist]

Safest way to go about it, then, is to go to the z-level ABOVE where the damp stone is, and dig an identical corridor above the one that led to the damp stone. If the stone directly above the damp stuff is damp as well, continue moving up until you find one that isn't. The topmost damp stone should be safe to uncover, and you can channel it to get a look at what you've found.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Safest way to go about it, then, is to go to the z-level ABOVE where the damp stone is, and dig an identical corridor above the one that led to the damp stone. If the stone directly above the damp stuff is damp as well, continue moving up until you find one that isn't. The topmost damp stone should be safe to uncover, and you can channel it to get a look at what you've found.

I think you misunderstood what I meant, but yes, this will likely help me breech the caverns if I want to.