Creek County, OK Shrink-Swell Risk

What Creek County, OK's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Creek County, OK's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.87% across 61.5% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Creek County, OK at once, not any single address. A site-specific soil report, usually $1,000-$5,000, is what an engineer would actually pull before designing a foundation on a lot in Creek County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Creek County, OK rating "Low", a geotechnical report is still worthwhile before a build, just less urgent than in a high-risk county. 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Creek County, OK is the 1,279-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Oklahoma alone it ranks 56 of 77. Creek County, OK is 950 square miles with a population of 73,971.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Mississippi County, AR and Harlan County, NE are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Oklahoma

Every county in Oklahoma is on this site, including Murray County, OK and Woods County, OK. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.