Huerfano County, CO Shrink-Swell Risk

What Huerfano County, CO's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Huerfano County, CO's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.04% across 56.5% of the county's surveyed land. A real but modest amount of movement - standard foundations usually hold up, but drainage and moisture control around the foundation still matter more than on low-risk soil.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Huerfano County, CO 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 Huerfano County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Huerfano County, CO 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, Huerfano County, CO is the 1,175-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Colorado alone it ranks 8 of 63. The county spans 1,591 square miles, home to 6,988 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Benton County, AR and Fulton County, KY are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Colorado

Every county in Colorado is on this site, including Pitkin County, CO and Sedgwick County, CO. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.