Monroe County, IN Shrink-Swell Risk

Monroe County's SSURGO shrink-swell reading

Low

In Monroe County, IN, 56.7% of the surveyed soil carries a "Low" shrink-swell rating, 2.31% 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

Monroe County's reading is an average across the whole county, not a promise about any one lot inside it. The real answer for one lot is still a site-specific geotechnical report, running about $1,000-$5,000 (typically near $2,700).

Budgeting for Monroe County, IN

Monroe 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 Monroe County, IN compares

Among the 3,085 rated counties on this site, Monroe County, IN ranks 1,716 most-constrained nationally, and 71 of 90 within Indiana. Monroe County, IN is 395 square miles with a population of 140,702.

See how another county compares

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Chautauqua County, NY and Henry County, IL are worth a look for comparison.

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Elsewhere in Indiana

Every county in Indiana is on this site, including LaGrange County, IN and Fayette County, IN. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.