Culberson County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Culberson County, TX

Low

Soil across 89.5% of Culberson County, TX comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 1.73% linear extensibility. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Culberson County, TX - never a reading for one specific parcel. 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 Culberson County.

Culberson County: the real numbers

Culberson 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 Culberson County, TX compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Culberson County, TX ranks 2,250 most-constrained nationally, and 244 of 253 within Texas. The county spans 3,812 square miles, home to 2,254 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Cooper County, MO and Marshall County, AL are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Texas

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