Cuyahoga County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Cuyahoga County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Cuyahoga County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.63% across 81% 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 Cuyahoga County, OH 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 Cuyahoga County, OH 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.

How Cuyahoga County, OH compares

Nationally, Cuyahoga County, OH is the 1,459-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 65 of 88. Cuyahoga County, OH is 457 square miles with a population of 1,240,594.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Crisp County, GA and Blaine County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Henry County, OH and Butler County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.