Harvey County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

Harvey County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Moderate

In Harvey County, KS, 49.6% of the surveyed soil carries a "Moderate" shrink-swell rating, 5.82% linear extensibility on average. That's a middle reading: not the sharp swings that crack a foundation outright, but enough that grading and drainage are worth getting right.

Before you rely on this for one address

Harvey 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 Harvey County.

Budgeting for Harvey County, KS

Harvey 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.

Harvey County's rank among Kansas counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Harvey County, KS ranks 152 most-constrained nationally, and 20 of 105 within Kansas. Harvey County, KS is 540 square miles with a population of 33,642.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Knox County, TN and Dorchester County, MD are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Lyon County, KS and Stanton County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.