Heard County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

Heard County, GA's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Heard County, GA: USDA's soil survey rates 98.9% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (1.6% linear extensibility). That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What Heard County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Heard County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Heard County, GA 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.

Heard County's rank among Georgia counties

Nationally, Heard County, GA is the 2,390-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 58 of 159. Heard County, GA is 296 square miles with a population of 12,119.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Blaine County, ID and Lawrence County, IL are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Jeff Davis County, GA and Oconee County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.