Meigs County, TN Shrink-Swell Risk

Meigs County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Meigs County, TN, 73.8% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.48% linear extensibility on average. Among the 3,144 counties on this site, that's the clean result: little shrink-swell movement, standard construction the likely outcome.

Before you rely on this for one address

Meigs County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. 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 Meigs County.

Budgeting for Meigs County, TN

Meigs 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.

Where this sits nationally

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Meigs County, TN ranks 1,580 most-constrained nationally, and 26 of 95 within Tennessee. Meigs County, TN is 195 square miles with a population of 13,937.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Tama County, IA and Rawlins County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Tennessee

Every county in Tennessee is on this site, including Coffee County, TN and Anderson County, TN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.