Augusta County, VA Shrink-Swell Risk

Augusta County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Augusta County, VA, 60.4% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.47% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Augusta 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 Augusta County will actually do.

Budgeting for Augusta County, VA

Augusta 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.

Augusta County's rank among Virginia counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Augusta County, VA ranks 1,584 most-constrained nationally, and 41 of 114 within Virginia. Augusta County, VA is 967 square miles with a population of 78,622.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Nemaha County, KS and Braxton County, WV are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Virginia

Every county in Virginia is on this site, including Gloucester County, VA and Essex County, VA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.