Manistee County, MI Shrink-Swell Risk

What Manistee County, MI's soil means for a foundation

Low

USDA's SSURGO data puts Manistee County, MI's soil at "Low" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 1.14% across 98.7% 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 Manistee County, MI at once, not any single address. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Manistee County, MI 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.

Manistee County's rank among Michigan counties

Nationally, Manistee County, MI is the 2,811-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Michigan alone it ranks 57 of 83. Manistee County covers 542 square miles and counts 25,519 residents.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Sanilac County, MI and Pennington County, SD are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Michigan

Every county in Michigan is on this site, including Muskegon County, MI and Lenawee County, MI. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.