Butts County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

What Butts County, GA's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Butts County, GA's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.56% across 98.8% 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 Butts County, GA 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 Butts County, GA 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 Butts County, GA compares

Nationally, Butts County, GA is the 2,432-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 67 of 159. Butts County, GA is 184 square miles with a population of 27,127.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Anoka County, MN and Floyd County, IA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Wheeler County, GA and Lee County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.