Anderson County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

What Anderson County, KS's soil means for a foundation

High

USDA's SSURGO data puts Anderson County, KS's soil at "High" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 6.04% across 60.6% of the county's surveyed land. Ground like this needs active moisture control to keep a conventional foundation from cracking - it's not automatic either way.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Anderson County, KS at once, not any single address. 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 Anderson County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Anderson County, KS rating "High", the gap between finding out early and finding out late is the whole decision. The report ($1,000-$5,000) is what tells you whether Anderson County's county-level reading applies to your lot; the repair ($5,000-$15,000) is what it costs if you skip that and find out from the cracks instead.

Anderson County's rank among Kansas counties

Nationally, Anderson County, KS is the 125-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 7 of 105. The county spans 580 square miles, home to 7,908 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Madison County, VA and Bossier Parish, LA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Osage County, KS and Sherman County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.