Greene County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

Greene County, MS's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Greene County, MS: USDA's soil survey rates 65.6% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.29% linear extensibility). 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.

What Greene County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Greene County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. 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 Greene County.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Greene County, MS 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.

How Greene County, MS compares

Nationally, Greene County, MS is the 1,733-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 38 of 82. Greene County covers 713 square miles and counts 13,675 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Lincoln County, NE and Utah County, UT are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Pontotoc County, MS and Harrison County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.