Florence County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

What Florence County, WI's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Florence County, WI's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.04% across 99% 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 Florence 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 Florence County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Florence 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.

Florence County's rank among Wisconsin counties

Nationally, Florence County, WI is the 2,880-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Wisconsin alone it ranks 59 of 72. Florence County covers 488 square miles and counts 4,673 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Perry County, AL and Cherokee County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Wisconsin

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