Jennings County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

Jennings County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Jennings County, IN, 75.2% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.37% 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

Jennings County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A site-specific soil report, usually $1,000-$5,000, is what an engineer would actually pull before designing a foundation on a lot in Jennings County.

Budgeting for Jennings County, IN

Jennings 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 Jennings County, IN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Jennings County, IN ranks 1,671 most-constrained nationally, and 69 of 90 within Indiana. The county spans 377 square miles, home to 27,634 people.

Before you act on this

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

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Elsewhere in Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including Lawrence County, IN and Randolph County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.