Deuel County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

What Deuel County, NE's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Deuel County, NE's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.77% across 99.1% of the county's surveyed land. 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.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Deuel County, NE at once, not any single address. 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 Deuel County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Deuel County, NE 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, Deuel County, NE is the 2,201-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 66 of 93. The county spans 440 square miles, home to 1,892 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Ross County, OH and Charlevoix County, MI are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nebraska

Every county in Nebraska is on this site, including Cheyenne County, NE and Brown County, NE. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.