Crook County, OR Shrink-Swell Risk

Crook County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Crook County, OR, 54.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.99% 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

Crook 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 Crook County will actually do.

Budgeting for Crook County, OR

Crook 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 Crook County, OR compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Crook County, OR ranks 1,200 most-constrained nationally, and 16 of 36 within Oregon. Crook County, OR is 2,979 square miles with a population of 27,336.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Hansford County, TX and Fauquier County, VA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Oregon

Every county in Oregon is on this site, including Washington County, OR and Jefferson County, OR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.