Lincoln County, WY Shrink-Swell Risk

Shrink-swell potential in Lincoln County, WY

Low

Soil across 66.5% of Lincoln County, WY comes back "Low" in USDA's shrink-swell data, averaging 2.75% 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 Lincoln County, WY - never a reading for one specific parcel. 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 Lincoln County.

Lincoln County: the real numbers

Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, WY compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Lincoln County, WY ranks 1,378 most-constrained nationally, and 10 of 23 within Wyoming. Lincoln County, WY is 4,075 square miles with a population of 21,000.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Placer County, CA and Atchison County, MO are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Wyoming

Every county in Wyoming is on this site, including Fremont County, WY and Sweetwater County, WY. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.