Charlottesville city, VA Shrink-Swell Risk

Charlottesville city's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Charlottesville city, VA, 61.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.35% 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

Charlottesville city'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 Charlottesville city will actually do.

Budgeting for Charlottesville city, VA

Charlottesville city'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 Charlottesville city, VA compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Charlottesville city, VA ranks 1,685 most-constrained nationally, and 49 of 114 within Virginia. Charlottesville city, VA is 10 square miles with a population of 44,767.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Cass County, TX and La Paz County, AZ are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Virginia

Every county in Virginia is on this site, including Fauquier County, VA and Falls Church city, VA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.