Cook County, MN Shrink-Swell Risk

Cook County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Cook County, MN, 96.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 0.83% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Cook 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 Cook County will actually do.

Budgeting for Cook County, MN

Cook 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 Cook County, MN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Cook County, MN ranks 2,973 most-constrained nationally, and 85 of 87 within Minnesota. The county spans 1,453 square miles, home to 5,571 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Wicomico County, MD and Greeley County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota

Every county in Minnesota is on this site, including Scott County, MN and Lac qui Parle County, MN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.