Chattooga County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

Chattooga County, GA's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Chattooga County, GA: USDA's soil survey rates 82.9% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.2% linear extensibility). Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

What Chattooga County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Chattooga County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Chattooga County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Chattooga 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Chattooga County, GA is the 1,804-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 15 of 159. The county spans 313 square miles, home to 25,306 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Jackson County, GA and Cabell County, WV are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

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