Butte County, ID Shrink-Swell Risk

Butte County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Butte County, ID, 88.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.79% 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

Butte 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 Butte County will actually do.

Budgeting for Butte County, ID

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.

How Butte County, ID compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Butte County, ID ranks 2,183 most-constrained nationally, and 34 of 44 within Idaho. The county spans 2,236 square miles, home to 2,735 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Pasco County, FL and Reagan County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Idaho

Every county in Idaho is on this site, including Latah County, ID and Gem County, ID. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.