Ashland County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

Ashland County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Ashland County, WI, 75.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.37% linear extensibility on average. 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.

Before you rely on this for one address

Ashland County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Ashland County.

Budgeting for Ashland County, WI

Ashland 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, Ashland County, WI ranks 1,672 most-constrained nationally, and 26 of 72 within Wisconsin. Ashland County, WI is 1,045 square miles with a population of 16,196.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Winston County, AL and Calcasieu Parish, LA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin

Every county in Wisconsin is on this site, including Burnett County, WI and Manitowoc County, WI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.