Garden County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

What Garden County, NE's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Garden County, NE's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 0.62% across 99.4% 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 Garden County, NE at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Garden County, NE 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.

Garden County's rank among Nebraska counties

Nationally, Garden County, NE is the 3,033-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 81 of 93. Garden County, NE is 1,705 square miles with a population of 1,804.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Baraga County, MI and Warrick County, IN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nebraska

Every county in Nebraska is on this site, including Nance County, NE and Adams County, NE. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.