Latah County, ID Shrink-Swell Risk

Latah County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Latah County, ID, 84.3% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.14% linear extensibility on average. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

Before you rely on this for one address

Latah 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 Latah County, ID

Latah 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 Latah County, ID compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Latah County, ID ranks 1,849 most-constrained nationally, and 20 of 44 within Idaho. Latah County covers 1,076 square miles and counts 42,180 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Mecklenburg County, VA and Wheeler County, GA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Idaho

Every county in Idaho is on this site, including Jefferson County, ID and Bear Lake County, ID. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.