Claiborne County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Claiborne County, TN

Low

Soil across 58.1% of Claiborne County, TN comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 2.42% 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 Claiborne County, TN - 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 Claiborne County will actually do.

Claiborne County: the real numbers

Claiborne 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.

How Claiborne County, TN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Claiborne County, TN ranks 1,618 most-constrained nationally, and 29 of 95 within Tennessee. Claiborne County covers 435 square miles and counts 33,070 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Allendale County, SC and Hamilton County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Tennessee

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