Crenshaw County, AL Shrink-Swell Risk

What Crenshaw County, AL's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Crenshaw County, AL's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.84% across 83% of the county's surveyed land. 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.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Crenshaw County, AL 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 Crenshaw County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Crenshaw County, AL 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, Crenshaw County, AL is the 2,131-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Alabama alone it ranks 36 of 67. Crenshaw County, AL is 609 square miles with a population of 13,114.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Ohio County, IN and Hardin County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Alabama

Every county in Alabama is on this site, including Madison County, AL and Colbert County, AL. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.