Crawford County, PA Shrink-Swell Risk

Crawford County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Crawford County, PA, 97.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.41% 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

Crawford 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 Crawford County, PA

Crawford 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.

Crawford County's rank among Pennsylvania counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Crawford County, PA ranks 2,605 most-constrained nationally, and 44 of 67 within Pennsylvania. Crawford County, PA is 1,012 square miles with a population of 82,089.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Wright County, MN and Columbia County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Every county in Pennsylvania is on this site, including Columbia County, PA and Somerset County, PA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.