Monroe County, MS Shrink-Swell Risk

What Monroe County, MS's soil means for a foundation

Moderate

USDA's SSURGO data puts Monroe County, MS's soil at "Moderate" shrink-swell potential, an area-weighted linear extensibility of 3.83% across 65.8% 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 Monroe County, MS 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 Monroe County.

Report cost vs. repair cost

With Monroe County, MS 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.

How Monroe County, MS compares

Nationally, Monroe County, MS is the 661-most-constrained of 3,085 rated counties for shrink-swell soil. Within Mississippi alone it ranks 21 of 82. Monroe County covers 765 square miles and counts 33,483 residents.

For contrast

Orleans Parish, LA carries this site's most-constrained reading. Warren County, VA and Coffey County, KS are worth a look for comparison.

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More of Mississippi

Every county in Mississippi is on this site, including Humphreys County, MS and Rankin County, MS. The full underlying dataset is downloadable directly, one row per county.