Charlevoix County, MI Shrink-Swell Risk

Charlevoix County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Charlevoix County, MI, 98.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.51% 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

Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County.

Budgeting for Charlevoix County, MI

Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County, MI compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Charlevoix County, MI ranks 2,481 most-constrained nationally, and 34 of 83 within Michigan. The county spans 416 square miles, home to 26,105 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Drew County, AR and La Crosse County, WI are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Michigan

Every county in Michigan is on this site, including Montmorency County, MI and Bay County, MI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.