Adams County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

Adams County, MS's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Adams County, MS: USDA's soil survey rates 85.4% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.6% linear extensibility). That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

What Adams County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Adams County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. A site-specific soil report, usually $1,000-$5,000, is what an engineer would actually pull before designing a foundation on a lot in Adams County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Adams County, MS rating "Low", a geotechnical report is still worthwhile before a build, just less urgent than in a high-risk county. A geotechnical report runs $1,000-$5,000, typically around $2,700. Foundation repair, if a specific lot turns out to differ from the county average, runs $5,000-$15,000.

How Adams County, MS compares

Nationally, Adams County, MS is the 1,476-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 32 of 82. Adams County, MS is 462 square miles with a population of 28,674.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Androscoggin County, ME and Maury County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Copiah County, MS and Lee County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.