Floyd County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

What Floyd County, GA's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Floyd County, GA's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.2% across 82.9% of the county's surveyed land. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Floyd County, GA 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 Floyd County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Floyd County, GA 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 Floyd County, GA compares

Nationally, Floyd County, GA is the 1,796-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 13 of 159. Floyd County, GA is 510 square miles with a population of 101,390.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Pershing County, NV and Terrell County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Harris County, GA and Wilkes County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.