Cleveland County, NC Shrink-Swell Risk

Cleveland County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Cleveland County, NC, 96.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.65% 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

Cleveland 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 Cleveland County will actually do.

Budgeting for Cleveland County, NC

Cleveland 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 Cleveland County, NC compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Cleveland County, NC ranks 2,331 most-constrained nationally, and 54 of 100 within North Carolina. Cleveland County covers 464 square miles and counts 102,194 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. St. Louis city, MO and Lamar County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina

Every county in North Carolina is on this site, including Wilson County, NC and Durham County, NC. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.