Hyde County, NC Shrink-Swell Risk

Hyde County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Hyde County, NC, 88.2% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.69% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Hyde County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Hyde County will actually do.

Budgeting for Hyde County, NC

Hyde County's soil reading points toward standard foundation practice as the likely outcome, not the exception. 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 Hyde County, NC compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Hyde County, NC ranks 2,295 most-constrained nationally, and 49 of 100 within North Carolina. The county spans 612 square miles, home to 4,583 people.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Toole County, MT and Kern County, CA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina

Every county in North Carolina is on this site, including Rockingham County, NC and Mecklenburg County, NC. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.