Eau Claire County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

What Eau Claire County, WI's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Eau Claire County, WI's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.29% across 96.9% 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 Eau Claire County, WI 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 Eau Claire County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Eau Claire County, WI 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 Eau Claire County, WI compares

Nationally, Eau Claire County, WI is the 2,707-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Wisconsin alone it ranks 46 of 72. The county spans 638 square miles, home to 108,830 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Bottineau County, ND and Calhoun County, FL are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Wisconsin

Every county in Wisconsin is on this site, including Washburn County, WI and Chippewa County, WI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.