Hocking County, OH Shrink-Swell Risk

What Hocking County, OH's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Hocking County, OH's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.03% across 75.3% of the county's surveyed land. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Hocking County, OH 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 Hocking County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Hocking 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.

Hocking County's rank among Ohio counties

Nationally, Hocking County, OH is the 1,960-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Ohio alone it ranks 83 of 88. The county spans 421 square miles, home to 27,429 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Chester County, TN and Beadle County, SD are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Ohio

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