Guadalupe County, NM Shrink-Swell Risk

Guadalupe County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Moderate

In Guadalupe County, NM, 54% of the surveyed soil carries a "Moderate" shrink-swell rating, 3.08% linear extensibility on average. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

Before you rely on this for one address

Guadalupe County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Guadalupe County.

Budgeting for Guadalupe County, NM

Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County, NM compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Guadalupe County, NM ranks 1,134 most-constrained nationally, and 14 of 32 within New Mexico. The county spans 3,030 square miles, home to 4,385 people.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Quitman County, GA and Uvalde County, TX are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in New Mexico

Every county in New Mexico is on this site, including McKinley County, NM and Doña Ana County, NM. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.