Beaver County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

What Beaver County, UT's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Beaver County, UT's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.68% across 64.3% 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 Beaver County, UT at once, not any single address. 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 Beaver County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Beaver County, UT 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.

Beaver County's rank among Utah counties

Nationally, Beaver County, UT is the 1,431-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Utah alone it ranks 5 of 29. Beaver County covers 2,583 square miles and counts 7,424 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Golden Valley County, MT and McCracken County, KY are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Utah

Every county in Utah is on this site, including Weber County, UT and Kane County, UT. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.