Decatur County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

Decatur County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Decatur County, IN, 56.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.56% 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

Decatur County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Decatur County.

Budgeting for Decatur County, IN

Decatur 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, Decatur County, IN ranks 1,508 most-constrained nationally, and 61 of 90 within Indiana. Decatur County, IN is 373 square miles with a population of 26,421.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Montgomery County, KY and Wallowa County, OR are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Indiana

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