Lauderdale County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Lauderdale County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Moderate

In Lauderdale County, TN, 70.9% of the surveyed soil carries a "Moderate" shrink-swell rating, 3.35% linear extensibility on average. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

Before you rely on this for one address

Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN

Lauderdale 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.

Lauderdale County's rank among Tennessee counties

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Lauderdale County, TN ranks 945 most-constrained nationally, and 10 of 95 within Tennessee. Lauderdale County covers 472 square miles and counts 24,630 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Yellowstone County, MT and Rankin County, MS are worth a look for comparison.

How this reading is built, and its real limits · Moisture management: the cheap fix that works on any soil

Elsewhere in Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Hamblen County, TN and Maury County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.