Barbour County, AL Shrink-Swell Risk

Barbour County, AL's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Barbour County, AL: USDA's soil survey rates 88.7% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.77% linear extensibility). Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

What Barbour County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Barbour County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Barbour County, AL 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.

Barbour County's rank among Alabama counties

Nationally, Barbour County, AL is the 2,195-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Alabama alone it ranks 40 of 67. Barbour County, AL is 885 square miles with a population of 24,358.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Smith County, TX and Banks County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Alabama

Every county in Alabama is on this site, including Marshall County, AL and Calhoun County, AL. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.