Bingham County, ID Shrink-Swell Risk

Bingham County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Bingham County, ID, 90.2% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.8% linear extensibility on average. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

Before you rely on this for one address

Bingham 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 Bingham County will actually do.

Budgeting for Bingham County, ID

Bingham 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Bingham County, ID ranks 2,172 most-constrained nationally, and 32 of 44 within Idaho. Bingham County covers 2,094 square miles and counts 50,889 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. McPherson County, KS and Story County, IA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Idaho

Every county in Idaho is on this site, including Shoshone County, ID and Bonneville County, ID. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.