Clare County, MI Shrink-Swell Risk

Clare County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Clare County, MI, 93.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.18% 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

Clare County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Clare County will actually do.

Budgeting for Clare County, MI

Clare 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 Clare County, MI compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Clare County, MI ranks 2,784 most-constrained nationally, and 54 of 83 within Michigan. Clare County, MI is 564 square miles with a population of 31,405.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. McPherson County, KS and Story County, IA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Michigan

Every county in Michigan is on this site, including Iosco County, MI and Oakland County, MI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.