Childress County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk
Childress County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading
Low
In Childress County, TX, 64.2% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.74% 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
Childress County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).
Budgeting for Childress County, TX
Childress 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.
Where this sits nationally
Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Childress County, TX ranks 1,383 most-constrained nationally, and 203 of 253 within Texas. Childress County, TX is 697 square miles with a population of 6,679.
See how another county compares
Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Davie County, NC and Oneida County, NY are worth a look for comparison.
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Elsewhere in Texas
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