Clay County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Clay County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Clay County, TN, 81.1% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.05% linear extensibility on average. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

Before you rely on this for one address

Clay 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 Clay County, TN

Clay 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 Clay County, TN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Clay County, TN ranks 1,942 most-constrained nationally, and 48 of 95 within Tennessee. The county spans 237 square miles, home to 7,857 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Cloud County, KS and Lincoln County, OR are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Rhea County, TN and Warren County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.