Beauregard Parish, LA Shrink-Swell Risk

Beauregard Parish, LA's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Beauregard Parish, LA: USDA's soil survey rates 83.8% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.19% 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 Beauregard Parish's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Beauregard Parish can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Beauregard Parish.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Beauregard Parish, LA 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.

Beauregard Parish's rank among Louisiana counties

Nationally, Beauregard Parish, LA is the 1,813-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Louisiana alone it ranks 57 of 64. Beauregard Parish, LA is 1,157 square miles with a population of 36,695.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Quitman County, MS and Merrick County, NE are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Louisiana

Every county in Louisiana is on this site, including Tensas Parish, LA and Concordia Parish, LA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.