Carteret County, NC Shrink-Swell Risk

Carteret County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Carteret County, NC, 99.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.51% 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

Carteret County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A site-specific soil report, usually $1,000-$5,000, is what an engineer would actually pull before designing a foundation on a lot in Carteret County.

Budgeting for Carteret County, NC

Carteret 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 Carteret County, NC compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Carteret County, NC ranks 2,479 most-constrained nationally, and 70 of 100 within North Carolina. The county spans 508 square miles, home to 70,259 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Gooding County, ID and Van Buren County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

Elsewhere in North Carolina

Every county in North Carolina is on this site, including Gaston County, NC and Warren County, NC. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.