Garland County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Garland County, AR's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Garland County, AR: USDA's soil survey rates 67.1% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.25% linear extensibility). Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

What Garland County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Garland County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Garland County, AR 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.

Garland County's rank among Arkansas counties

Nationally, Garland County, AR is the 1,751-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Arkansas alone it ranks 55 of 75. Garland County covers 678 square miles and counts 99,902 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Ballard County, KY and Josephine County, OR are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

More of Arkansas

Every county in Arkansas is on this site, including Lincoln County, AR and Dallas County, AR. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.