Marinette County, WI Shrink-Swell Risk

Marinette County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Marinette County, WI, 99.2% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 1.04% linear extensibility on average. That's the easiest starting point on this site's scale - a standard foundation is the reasonable default here, though any one lot can still differ.

Before you rely on this for one address

Marinette 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 Marinette County will actually do.

Budgeting for Marinette County, WI

Marinette 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 Marinette County, WI compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Marinette County, WI ranks 2,878 most-constrained nationally, and 58 of 72 within Wisconsin. Marinette County, WI is 1,399 square miles with a population of 42,343.

Before you act on this

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Medina County, OH and Pierce County, WA are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Wisconsin

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