Box Butte County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

Box Butte County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Box Butte County, NE, 97.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.7% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Box Butte County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Box Butte County.

Budgeting for Box Butte County, NE

Box Butte 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.

Box Butte County's rank among Nebraska counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Box Butte County, NE ranks 2,284 most-constrained nationally, and 69 of 93 within Nebraska. Box Butte County, NE is 1,075 square miles with a population of 10,703.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Maries County, MO and Custer County, ID are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Nebraska

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