Floyd County, KY Shrink-Swell Risk

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

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Floyd County, KY's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.95% across 98.7% 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 Floyd County, KY at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Floyd County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Floyd County, KY 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.

Floyd County's rank among Kentucky counties

Nationally, Floyd County, KY is the 2,917-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 119 of 120. Floyd County, KY is 393 square miles with a population of 34,532.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Warren County, IA and Granite County, MT are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kentucky

Every county in Kentucky is on this site, including Garrard County, KY and Wolfe County, KY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.