Cherry County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

What Cherry County, NE's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Cherry County, NE's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.35% across 99.3% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Cherry County, NE at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Cherry County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Cherry County, NE 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 Cherry County, NE compares

Nationally, Cherry County, NE is the 3,064-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 87 of 93. Cherry County covers 5,960 square miles and counts 5,558 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Baker County, FL and Crook County, OR are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nebraska

Every county in Nebraska is on this site, including Morrill County, NE and Sarpy County, NE. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.