Greeley County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

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

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Greeley County, NE's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2% across 91.7% 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 Greeley County, NE 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 Greeley County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Greeley 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Greeley County, NE is the 1,988-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Nebraska alone it ranks 59 of 93. The county spans 570 square miles, home to 2,197 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Telfair County, GA and Okmulgee County, OK are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Nebraska

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