Lincoln Parish, LA Shrink-Swell Risk

Lincoln Parish's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Lincoln Parish, LA, 73.5% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.89% 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

Lincoln Parish'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 Lincoln Parish, LA

Lincoln Parish'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 Parish, LA compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Lincoln Parish, LA ranks 2,082 most-constrained nationally, and 59 of 64 within Louisiana. Lincoln Parish, LA is 472 square miles with a population of 48,243.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Dare County, NC and Oktibbeha 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 Louisiana

Every county in Louisiana is on this site, including St. Helena Parish, LA and Calcasieu Parish, LA. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.