Fayette County, PA Shrink-Swell Risk

Fayette County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Fayette County, PA, 82.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.9% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Fayette 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 Fayette County, PA

Fayette 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, Fayette County, PA ranks 2,069 most-constrained nationally, and 8 of 67 within Pennsylvania. Fayette County, PA is 791 square miles with a population of 123,941.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Franklin County, MO and Beaver County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Every county in Pennsylvania is on this site, including Columbia County, PA and Pike County, PA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.