Lee County, GA Shrink-Swell Risk

What Lee County, GA's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Lee County, GA's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.28% across 92.7% of the county's surveyed land. That's as favorable a county-level reading as this dataset produces - standard foundation practice, pending one lot's own geotechnical report.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Lee County, GA at once, not any single address. 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 Lee County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Lee County, GA 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.

Lee County's rank among Georgia counties

Nationally, Lee County, GA is the 2,716-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Georgia alone it ranks 110 of 159. Lee County covers 356 square miles and counts 34,073 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Colbert County, AL and Whatcom County, WA are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Georgia

Every county in Georgia is on this site, including Pike County, GA and Cobb County, GA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.