Hardy County, WV Shrink-Swell Risk

Hardy County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Hardy County, WV, 86.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.54% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Hardy 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 Hardy County.

Budgeting for Hardy County, WV

Hardy 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 Hardy County, WV compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Hardy County, WV ranks 2,454 most-constrained nationally, and 42 of 55 within West Virginia. The county spans 582 square miles, home to 14,335 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Curry County, NM and Campbell County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in West Virginia

Every county in West Virginia is on this site, including Pocahontas County, WV and Webster County, WV. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.