Blaine County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

What Blaine County, NE's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Blaine County, NE's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.31% across 99% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Blaine County, NE 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 Blaine County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Blaine County, NE 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.

Blaine County's rank among Nebraska counties

Nationally, Blaine County, NE is the 3,071-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 88 of 93. The county spans 711 square miles, home to 454 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Ventura County, CA and Marion County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nebraska

Every county in Nebraska is on this site, including Hall County, NE and Burt County, NE. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.