Bradley County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

What Bradley County, AR's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Bradley County, AR's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.02% across 85.6% 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 Bradley County, AR at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Bradley County, AR 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.

How Bradley County, AR compares

Nationally, Bradley County, AR is the 1,968-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Arkansas alone it ranks 58 of 75. Bradley County covers 649 square miles and counts 9,935 residents.

For contrast

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

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More of Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Clark County, AR and Pulaski County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.