Anne Arundel County, MD Shrink-Swell Risk

Anne Arundel County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Anne Arundel County, MD, 97.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.63% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Anne Arundel County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Anne Arundel County will actually do.

Budgeting for Anne Arundel County, MD

Anne Arundel County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Anne Arundel County, MD ranks 2,347 most-constrained nationally, and 8 of 24 within Maryland. Anne Arundel County, MD is 415 square miles with a population of 602,350.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Briscoe County, TX and Martin County, KY are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Maryland

Every county in Maryland is on this site, including Dorchester County, MD and Somerset County, MD. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.