Kosciusko County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

What Kosciusko County, IN's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Kosciusko County, IN's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 2.29% across 75.1% of the county's surveyed land. 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.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Kosciusko County, IN 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 Kosciusko County will actually do.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Kosciusko County, IN rating "Low", 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.

How Kosciusko County, IN compares

Nationally, Kosciusko County, IN is the 1,730-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Indiana alone it ranks 74 of 90. The county spans 531 square miles, home to 80,669 people.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Columbia County, PA and Lucas County, OH are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Indiana

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