Henry County, KY Shrink-Swell Risk

What Henry County, KY's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Henry County, KY's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.95% across 58.2% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Henry County, KY at once, not any single address. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Henry County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Henry County, KY rating "Moderate", 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.

Where this sits nationally

Nationally, Henry County, KY is the 599-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kentucky alone it ranks 8 of 120. Henry County covers 286 square miles and counts 16,198 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Jackson County, NC and Putnam County, WV are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kentucky

Every county in Kentucky is on this site, including Bath County, KY and Campbell County, KY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.