Box Elder County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

Box Elder County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Box Elder County, UT, 80.1% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.26% 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

Box Elder County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Box Elder County, UT

Box Elder 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 Box Elder County, UT compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Box Elder County, UT ranks 1,749 most-constrained nationally, and 17 of 29 within Utah. Box Elder County covers 5,781 square miles and counts 64,120 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Bourbon County, KS and McClain County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Utah

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