Cherokee County, OK Shrink-Swell Risk

Cherokee County, OK's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Cherokee County, OK: USDA's soil survey rates 66.5% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.95% linear extensibility). That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What Cherokee County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Cherokee County, OK 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.

How Cherokee County, OK compares

Nationally, Cherokee County, OK is the 2,031-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Oklahoma alone it ranks 69 of 77. The county spans 749 square miles, home to 48,729 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Union County, NJ and Apache County, AZ are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Oklahoma

Every county in Oklahoma is on this site, including Pushmataha County, OK and Stephens County, OK. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.