Ashtabula County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Ashtabula County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Ashtabula County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.47% across 89.9% of the county's surveyed land. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Ashtabula County, OH at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Ashtabula County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Ashtabula County, OH 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 Ashtabula County, OH compares

Nationally, Ashtabula County, OH is the 1,583-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 70 of 88. Ashtabula County covers 702 square miles and counts 96,906 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Sherman County, NE and Kitsap County, WA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Huron County, OH and Ottawa County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.