Crow Wing County, MN Shrink-Swell Risk

What Crow Wing County, MN's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Crow Wing County, MN's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.49% across 98.1% 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 Crow Wing County, MN at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Crow Wing County, MN 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, Crow Wing County, MN is the 3,052-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Minnesota alone it ranks 87 of 87. Crow Wing County, MN is 998 square miles with a population of 68,642.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Baxter County, AR and Seminole County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Minnesota

Every county in Minnesota is on this site, including Big Stone County, MN and Morrison County, MN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.