Bremer County, IA Shrink-Swell Risk

Bremer County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Bremer County, IA, 52% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.81% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Bremer County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Bremer County will actually do.

Budgeting for Bremer County, IA

Bremer 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 Bremer County, IA compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Bremer County, IA ranks 1,340 most-constrained nationally, and 97 of 99 within Iowa. Bremer County covers 435 square miles and counts 25,328 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Perry County, TN and Saline County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Iowa

Every county in Iowa is on this site, including Benton County, IA and Lucas County, IA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.