Daviess County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

Daviess County, IN's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Daviess County, IN: USDA's soil survey rates 84.5% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.01% linear extensibility). 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.

What Daviess County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Daviess County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Daviess County will actually do.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Daviess County, IN 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, Daviess County, IN is the 1,973-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 82 of 90. Daviess County, IN is 430 square miles with a population of 34,097.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. St. James Parish, LA and Ripley County, IN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including Owen County, IN and Harrison County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.