Haywood County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Haywood County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Haywood County, TN, 98.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.57% 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

Haywood County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Haywood County will actually do.

Budgeting for Haywood County, TN

Haywood 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.

Haywood County's rank among Tennessee counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Haywood County, TN ranks 2,418 most-constrained nationally, and 75 of 95 within Tennessee. The county spans 533 square miles, home to 17,097 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Woodbury County, IA and Genesee County, NY are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Lincoln County, TN and Franklin County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.