Daggett County, UT Shrink-Swell Risk

Daggett County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Daggett County, UT, 72.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.54% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Daggett County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Daggett County, UT

Daggett 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Daggett County, UT ranks 1,533 most-constrained nationally, and 13 of 29 within Utah. The county spans 697 square miles, home to 956 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Fulton County, PA and Nowata County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Utah

Every county in Utah is on this site, including Garfield County, UT and Rich County, UT. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.