Boone County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

What Boone County, IN's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Boone County, IN's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.39% across 54.3% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Boone County, IN at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Boone County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Boone County, IN rating "Moderate", 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.

Boone County's rank among Indiana counties

Nationally, Boone County, IN is the 910-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 24 of 90. Boone County, IN is 423 square miles with a population of 78,773.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Cass County, MI and San Francisco County, CA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including Jackson County, IN and Spencer County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.