Highland County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

Highland County, OH's soil, for shrink-swell risk

Low

Highland County, OH: USDA's soil survey rates 55.9% of the county "Low" for shrink-swell potential (2.87% linear extensibility). Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

What Highland County's reading doesn't cover

Two lots a mile apart in Highland County can carry different soil, even though they share one countywide reading. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Highland County will actually do.

What it costs to find out, versus to ignore it

With Highland County, OH 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.

How Highland County, OH compares

Nationally, Highland County, OH is the 1,283-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 56 of 88. Highland County, OH is 553 square miles with a population of 43,785.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Andrew County, MO and Cattaraugus County, NY are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

Every county in Ohio is on this site, including Crawford County, OH and Stark County, OH. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.