Lynn County, TX Shrink-Swell Risk

Lynn County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Lynn County, TX, 53.7% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.99% 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

Lynn County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. A local geotechnical report, typically $1,000-$5,000 (around $2,700 typical), is the only way to know what one lot in Lynn County will actually do.

Budgeting for Lynn County, TX

Lynn 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 Lynn County, TX compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Lynn County, TX ranks 1,204 most-constrained nationally, and 192 of 253 within Texas. Lynn County covers 892 square miles and counts 5,952 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Pipestone County, MN and Greene County, TN are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Texas

Every county in Texas is on this site, including Wichita County, TX and Navarro County, TX. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.