Grant County, AR Shrink-Swell Risk

Grant County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Grant County, AR, 87.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.98% linear extensibility on average. 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.

Before you rely on this for one address

Grant County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Grant County will actually do.

Budgeting for Grant County, AR

Grant County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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 Grant County, AR compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Grant County, AR ranks 2,003 most-constrained nationally, and 61 of 75 within Arkansas. Grant County, AR is 632 square miles with a population of 18,546.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Lenoir County, NC and Ida County, IA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Arkansas

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