Kimball County, NE Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Kimball County, NE

Low

Soil across 99.6% of Kimball County, NE comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 1.73% linear extensibility. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

What this number does and doesn't tell you

This is a countywide, area-weighted figure across every soil survey map unit in Kimball County, NE - never a reading for one specific parcel. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Kimball County will actually do.

Kimball County: the real numbers

Kimball 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 Kimball County, NE compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Kimball County, NE ranks 2,249 most-constrained nationally, and 68 of 93 within Nebraska. Kimball County, NE is 952 square miles with a population of 3,305.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Appomattox County, VA and Dent County, MO are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Nebraska

Every county in Nebraska is on this site, including Burt County, NE and Hall County, NE. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.