Goliad County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

What Goliad County, TX's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Goliad County, TX's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.76% across 48.5% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Goliad County, TX 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 Goliad County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Goliad County, TX rating "Moderate", 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.

Goliad County's rank among Texas counties

Nationally, Goliad County, TX is the 697-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Texas alone it ranks 150 of 253. The county spans 852 square miles, home to 7,221 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Morris County, KS and Fauquier County, VA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Ector County, TX and Hudspeth County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.