Cheyenne County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Cheyenne County, KS

Low

Soil across 74.9% of Cheyenne County, KS comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 2.29% 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 this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Cheyenne County, KS - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Cheyenne County will actually do.

Cheyenne County: the real numbers

Cheyenne 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.

Cheyenne County's rank among Kansas counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Cheyenne County, KS ranks 1,735 most-constrained nationally, and 104 of 105 within Kansas. Cheyenne County, KS is 1,020 square miles with a population of 2,646.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Bath County, KY and Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Mitchell County, KS and Osage County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.