Benton County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Benton County, AR

Low

Soil across 94.1% of Benton County, AR comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 1.24% linear extensibility. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Benton County, AR - never a reading for one specific parcel. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Benton County: the real numbers

Benton 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.

How Benton County, AR compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Benton County, AR ranks 2,736 most-constrained nationally, and 75 of 75 within Arkansas. Benton County, AR is 848 square miles with a population of 321,566.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Livingston County, MO and Craven County, NC are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Hot Spring County, AR and Lincoln County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.