Indiana County, PA Shrink-Swell Risk

Indiana County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Indiana County, PA, 96.1% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.39% linear extensibility on average. 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.

Before you rely on this for one address

Indiana County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Indiana County, PA

Indiana 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 Indiana County, PA compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Indiana County, PA ranks 2,622 most-constrained nationally, and 45 of 67 within Pennsylvania. Indiana County covers 827 square miles and counts 82,953 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Grundy County, TN and Stevens County, MN are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

Every county in Pennsylvania is on this site, including Venango County, PA and Mifflin County, PA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.