Marshall County, KS Shrink-Swell Risk

What Marshall County, KS's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Marshall County, KS's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 5.9% across 68.7% of the county's surveyed land. Conventional foundations are the reasonable expectation here, with routine moisture-control practice rather than special engineering.

This is a county figure, not a lot figure

USDA's survey covers the whole of Marshall County, KS at once, not any single address. 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 Marshall County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Marshall County, KS rating "Moderate", 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.

Marshall County's rank among Kansas counties

Nationally, Marshall County, KS is the 142-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Kansas alone it ranks 14 of 105. Marshall County, KS is 900 square miles with a population of 9,950.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Rains County, TX and Decatur County, IN are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Kansas

Every county in Kansas is on this site, including Wilson County, KS and Stafford County, KS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.