Cache County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Cache County, UT

Low

Soil across 81.3% of Cache County, UT comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 2% linear extensibility. 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.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Cache County, UT - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Cache County will actually do.

Cache County: the real numbers

Cache 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 Cache County, UT compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Cache County, UT ranks 1,978 most-constrained nationally, and 24 of 29 within Utah. Cache County covers 1,165 square miles and counts 145,487 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Richardson County, NE and Lewis and Clark County, MT are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Utah

Every county in Utah is on this site, including Piute County, UT and Box Elder County, UT. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.