Minidoka County, ID Shrink-Swell Risk

Minidoka County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Minidoka County, ID, 66.1% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.82% 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

Minidoka 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 Minidoka County will actually do.

Budgeting for Minidoka County, ID

Minidoka 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, Minidoka County, ID ranks 1,333 most-constrained nationally, and 9 of 44 within Idaho. Minidoka County covers 757 square miles and counts 22,691 residents.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Mercer County, WV and Dickinson County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Idaho

Every county in Idaho is on this site, including Latah County, ID and Bear Lake County, ID. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.